How to make a Java Console Program save user made changes?

**Chad.Curtiss** · 07-14-2012, 07:23 AM

I want to make a Java console program that can save what the user did, so the next time that the user opened it the changes would still be there.

**FlipPoker@gmail.com** · 07-14-2012, 01:28 PM

You'll need to save the user's actions to disk. Assuming that a database is overkill for your assignment, take a look at basic I/O. A more elegant way to do it could be with object serialization. Object serialization can take an object and write it to disk. It can then read it back as the original object.

**Fubarable** · 07-14-2012, 03:42 PM

I prefer to do human readable serialization if possible with XML. One way (and what I've used) is with JAXB. I've read that XMLBeans can do this too.

**Chad.Curtiss** · 07-14-2012, 07:58 PM

Well its not really for an assignment or anything like that. I am new to Java and I am just trying to practice by writing different programs. I will take a look at what you said! Thanks