writing string array in to a file

[abdullahansari]

I m new to java. I am using fileoutputstream writer to write an array of bytes in to a file on a single write.
Is there a way by which i can write array of string in to a file by just one write.

[Norm]

Put the array in an object and use an ObjectOutputStream.

[abdullahansari]

Thank you for you suggestion. I am using now writeobject method to just print a small string "abcd" in a file but i see some characters printed along with this. How to over come these characters.

Here is the short code:

import java.io.*;
import java.io.Serializable;

public class main {


public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,ClassNotFoundException {

FileOutputStream buf = new FileOutputStream(new File ("C://test1//"+ "demo.txt"),true);
ObjectOutputStream o = new ObjectOutputStream(buf);
String s= "abcd";

o.writeObject(s);


}

}

Result:

’ t abcd

Expected:
abcd.

[Norm]

i see some characters printed along with this. How to over come these characters.

The data written to the file is an object, not the characters from the String. There is extra data written to the file to support it being an object.

Your example doesn't show you writing an array of String.
What is it that you want to do?
When the String array is written to the file, what do you want to do with it?
Do you expect there to be any newline characters in the file?

[JosAH]

I m new to java. I am using fileoutputstream writer to write an array of bytes in to a file on a single write.
Is there a way by which i can write array of string in to a file by just one write.

Nope, you have to loop over the elements and write those; it doesn't take much:

FileWriter fw= ...;
String[] array= ...;

for (String s: array)
   fw.write(s);

kind regards,

Jos

[Norm]

You can write the array to a file with one write statement.

       // Write out a String array
       try {
         String[] sA = {"string 1", "second string", "third Str"};
         FileOutputStream buf = new FileOutputStream(new File ("StringArray_demo.txt"), true);
         ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(buf);
         
         oos.writeObject(sA);  // Write the String array to a file
         oos.close();

         // Now try to read it in
         FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(new File ("StringArray_demo.txt"));
         ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
         String[] sAI = (String[])ois.readObject();
         System.out.println("sAI=" + Arrays.toString(sAI)); //sAI=[string 1, second string, third Str]

       }catch(Exception x) {
         x.printStackTrace();
         return;
       }

[JosAH]

You can write the array to a file with one write statement.

True, but the OP doesn't want any additional characters in the file ... (and I'm not sure if the OP is talking about Strings of chars or sequences of bytes).

kind regards,

Jos

[Norm]

What about newline chars between the individual Strings?

[JosAH]

What about newline chars between the individual Strings?

Dunno, if I apply Occam's razor we can consider those additional (unwanted) characters too ;-)

kind regards,

Jos

[abdullahansari]

Norm,
Yes i am not writing an array of strings but i was trying to see if i can write a string and look at the file.
I dont want to read back the file that i have written.
I just want to view the data that is written and i dont want some additional characters in the file.

JosAH,
The reasing y i dont want to use for loop is that i am trying to receive packets from the ethernet port and so doesnot want to perform multiple writes to the file which consumes more time than a single write.

[Norm]

I just want to view the data that is written

It all depends on what you mean by "view". The code I posted is able to "view" the contents of the file by reading it.

If you use buffering for your writes, the actual I/O won't occur every write.

[abdullahansari]

view here means just be able to open the file and see the data that was written from the program. (not reading from the program).
I didnt get the "buffer"concept. What i am doing is getting data from udp and writing it in to file. Right now, If i collect data on RAM and then perform a single write then there are less missed packet but on the other hand if i write continously in to file.. then the missed packet are significantly larger.

Pls let me know if there is any other idea to get around this issue.

[Norm]

able to open the file and see the data that was written

My program does that.

I didnt get the "buffer"concept.

Look at the classes whose names begin with Buffered.
Some of then are for output.
The API doc says:

an application can write bytes to the underlying output stream without necessarily causing a call to the underlying system for each byte written.

[al_Marshy_1981]

are we over complicating this, surely this is just basic character streams? Printwriter and BufferedReader no?