java.io help

I am looking for classes in java.io that can read a line(and store that line in a string) from a binary file(example a avi video, png image or exectuable file), and then write this line to a file, without loosing the binary format.
So if I did like this:

Code:

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                //Objects

                String s = in.readLine ();
                while (s != null)
                {
                        out.write (s);
                        out.newLine ();
                        s = in.readLine ();
                }
                in.close ();
                out.close ();

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If the input file was, example somemovie.avi, the output file would be an exact copy, and playable in media players like the orginal was.
I tried myself some stuff:

Code:

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                File fil = new File ("C:\\img.png");
                FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream (fil);
                InputStreamReader fin = new InputStreamReader (fis);
                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader (fin);

                File fol = new File ("C:\\imgout.png");
                FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream (fol);
                DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream (fo);

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these did not work. The binary format was lost, and my test image was corrupted.

What classes should I use?

Don't use Readers for that; they are character based streams and they convert bytes to characters according to an decoding scheme; that's why your output isn't the same as your input. Use InputStreams instead; they simply read bytes and don't play tricks on them. For binary files 'lines' don't have any meaning; you have to read 'blocks' of bytes and process them (such as writing them with OutputStream objects).

kind regards,

Jos

InputStream and OutputStream are abstract classes, so which ones if its sub classes should I use?
FileInputStream may work for reading, and FileOutputStream for output?

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Originally Posted by Pojahn_M

InputStream and OutputStream are abstract classes, so which ones if its sub classes should I use?
FileInputStream may work for reading, and FileOutputStream for output?

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Learn how to read the API documentation; it mentions in one of its headers near the top 'Direct Known Subclasses'; that section lists the subclasses of the InputStream class (for your particular example). Those are links; you can click on them and see their API page. And yes, a FileInputStream and FileOutputStream are what you need. You can even wrap them in buffered streams if you want.

kind regards,

Jos