java IO

[renars1985]

Hi,
this is also continuation of my previous question.
following code in Bold is working fine but it resets my entered info each time I do Debug or Run. I what my data not to be overwritten each time.





import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Gramata3 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[][] books = {
// book author year
{ "Head First Java", "Bates and Sierra", "2003" },
{ "Thinking In Java", "Bruce Eckel", "2002" },
{ "Learning Java", "Niemeyer and Knudsen", "2000" },
{ "Developing Java Sortware", "Winder and Roberts", "2000" }
};
File file = new File("gramata3.txt");
try {
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(
new FileWriter(file));
for(int j = 0; j < books.length; j++) {
out.println(books[j][2] + " " + books[j][0] + " by " + books[j][1]);
}
out.close();
} catch(IOException e) {
System.out.println("write error: " + e.getMessage());
}

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(System.in));
try {
System.out.println("Enter a book, see book list " +
"or quit? 'e'/'s'/'q'");
String choice = reader.readLine();
while(!choice.equalsIgnoreCase("q")) {
if(choice.equals("e")) {
System.out.print("Enter name of the book: ");
String book = reader.readLine();
System.out.println("enter author");
String author = reader.readLine();
System.out.println("enter year");
String year = reader.readLine();
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(
new FileWriter(file, true));
out.println(year + " " + book + " by " + author);
out.close();
} else if(choice.equals("s")) {
System.out.println("sort books by title, author " +
"or date? 't'/'a'/'d'");
choice = reader.readLine().toLowerCase();
int index = choice.equals("t") ? 1 :
choice.equals("a") ? 2 : 0;
showBooks(file, index);
}
System.out.println("Enter a book see, book list " +
"or quit? 'e'/'s'/'q'");
choice = reader.readLine();
}
reader.close();
} catch(IOException e) {
System.out.println("main I/O error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}

private static void showBooks(File file, int index) {
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
try {
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new FileReader(file));
String line;
while((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
list.add(line);
}
in.close();
} catch(IOException e) {
System.out.println("showBooks I/O error: " + e.getMessage());
}
sort(list, index);
}

private static void sort(List<String> list, int index) {
// Parse the lines into the title, author and date data.
String[][] data = new String[list.size()][];
for(int j = 0; j < list.size(); j++) {
String book = (String)list.get(j);
data[j] = getBookData(book);
}
// Sort the books.
for(int j = 0; j < data.length; j++) {
String min = data[j][index];
int minIndex = j;
for(int k = j+1; k < data.length; k++) {
int compare = 0;
switch(index) {
case 0: // year
Integer n = Integer.valueOf(min);
compare = Integer.valueOf(data[k][index]).compareTo(n);
break;
case 1: // title
String s = String.valueOf(min);
compare = data[k][index].compareTo(s);
break;
case 2: // author
String name = getComparableName(data[k][index]);
s = getComparableName(min);
compare = name.compareTo(s);
}
if(compare < 0) {
min = data[k][index];
minIndex = k;
}
}
if(minIndex != j) {
// Found lower sort value, swap book elements.
String[] temp = data[j];
data[j] = data[minIndex];
data[minIndex] = temp;
}
}
// Print the sorted array.
for(int j = 0; j < data.length; j++) {
String year = data[j][0];
String title = data[j][1];
String author = data[j][2];
System.out.println(year + " " + title + " by " + author);
}
System.out.println("------------------");
}

private static String[] getBookData(String book) {
String[] data = new String[3];
int start = book.indexOf(" ");
data[0] = book.substring(0, start); // year
int by = book.indexOf(" by ", start+1);
data[1] = book.substring(start, by); // title
data[2] = book.substring(by + 4); // author
return data;
}

private static String getComparableName(String s) {
boolean hasAnd = s.indexOf(" and ") != -1;
int last = s.lastIndexOf(" ");
if(!hasAnd && last != -1) {
// Put last name first for accurate sorting.
s = s.substring(last+1) + " " + s.substring(0, last);
}
return s;
}
}









dmacvittie suggested to comment following lines but then programm is not working:

{ "Head First Java", "Bates and Sierra", "2003" },
{ "Thinking In Java", "Bruce Eckel", "2002" },
{ "Learning Java", "Niemeyer and Knudsen", "2000" },
{ "Developing Java Sortware", "Winder and Roberts", "2000" }
};
File file = new File("gramata3.txt");
try {
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(
new FileWriter(file));
for(int j = 0; j < books.length; j++) {
out.println(books[j][2] + " " + books[j][0] + " by " + books[j][1]);
}
out.close();
} catch(IOException e) {
System.out.println("write error: " + e.getMessage());
}



Can someone help me please. Thanks!

[CaptainMorgan]

Hi,
...
it resets my entered info each time I do Debug or Run. I what my data not to be overwritten each time.

If I understand your problem correctly, you need to save your user-entered data in your program so that every time you run your program the specific data entered can be retrieved, correct? First, of course it's going to reset your user-entered info every time you run your program. This is because your program is running in memory(RAM) which is temporary. If you want to have the ability to not have to rewrite your information every time you run your application then you need a method for writing to and retrieving the already saved data from your hard disk.