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Program: How to store and read objects from a file?


Description:

Sometimes we need to store the objects to the file system, and need to read them whenever required. Below example shows how to store the objects to the file, and how to retrieve them from the file. ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream classes can help us to store and read objects from a file.


Code:
package com.java2novice.files;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;

public class MyObjectFileStore {

	public void storeObject(Employee emp){
		
		OutputStream ops = null;
		ObjectOutputStream objOps = null;
		try {
			ops = new FileOutputStream("MyEmpFile.txt");
			objOps = new ObjectOutputStream(ops);
			objOps.writeObject(emp);
			objOps.flush();
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally{
			try{
				if(objOps != null) objOps.close();
			} catch (Exception ex){
				
			}
		}
		
	}
	
	public void displayObjects(){
		
		InputStream fileIs = null;
		ObjectInputStream objIs = null;
		try {
			fileIs = new FileInputStream("MyEmpFile.txt");
			objIs = new ObjectInputStream(fileIs);
			Employee emp = (Employee) objIs.readObject();
			System.out.println(emp);
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally {
			try {
				if(objIs != null) objIs.close();
			} catch (Exception ex){
				
			}
		}
		
	}
	
	public static void main(String a[]){
		MyObjectFileStore mof = new MyObjectFileStore();
		Employee e1 = new Employee("Tony",1,"1000");
		mof.storeObject(e1);
		mof.displayObjects();
	}
}

class Employee implements Serializable{
	
	private String name;
	private int id;
	private String salary;
	
	public Employee(String name, int id, String salary){
		this.name = name;
		this.id = id;
		this.salary = salary;
	}
	
	public String toString(){
		return name +"=="+id+"=="+salary;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	public int getId() {
		return id;
	}

	public void setId(int id) {
		this.id = id;
	}

	public String getSalary() {
		return salary;
	}

	public void setSalary(String salary) {
		this.salary = salary;
	}
}
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Knowledge Centre
wait Vs sleep methods
sleep(): It is a static method on Thread class. It makes the current thread into the "Not Runnable" state for specified amount of time. During this time, the thread keeps the lock (monitors) it has acquired.

wait(): It is a method on Object class. It makes the current thread into the "Not Runnable" state. Wait is called on a object, not a thread. Before calling wait() method, the object should be synchronized, means the object should be inside synchronized block. The call to wait() releases the acquired lock.
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I'm Nataraja Gootooru, programmer by profession and passionate about technologies. All examples given here are as simple as possible to help beginners. The source code is compiled and tested in my dev environment.

If you come across any mistakes or bugs, please email me to [email protected].

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