Introduction

Overview

Rex Steele

Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate your ability to conduct file I/O operations

• List and describe the primary Java classes required to conduct file I/O operations

• Describe the behavior of a serialized object when saved to a file

• List the steps required to open a file, write objects to the file, read from a file, and close the file

• Demonstrate your ability to read byte streams from a file

• Demonstrate your ability to write byte streams to a file

• Demonstrate your ability to read character streams from a file

• Demonstrate your ability to write character streams to a file

• Demonstrate your ability to read and write fixed-length file records

• Demonstrate your ability to properly handle exceptions related to file I/O operations

• Demonstrate your ability to conduct random file I/O operations