Read & write file in java (FileInputStream/ FileOutputStream/ example)

• Create or write file in java using FileOutputStream class.
  • FileOutputStream writes the contents to file as stream of bytes.
  • The FileOutputStream class has following write methods:
    • public void write(int b)
    • public void write(byte[] b)
    • public void write(byte[] b, int off, int len)

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• Read contents of file in java using FileInputStream class.
  • FileInputStream reads the contents of file as stream of bytes.
  • The read methods of FileInputStream are.
    • public int read()
    • public int read(byte[] b)
    • public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len)

1. Program: read & write file in java (FileInputStream/FileOutputStream)

package org.learn.io;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class FileInputOutputStream {

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

        //Write contents to file in java using FileOutputStream
        writeContentsUsingFileOutputStream();

        //Read contents of file in java using FileInputStream
        readContentsUsingFileInputStream();
    }

    private static void writeContentsUsingFileOutputStream() throws IOException {
        String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
        try (FileOutputStream fileStream = new FileOutputStream(new File("sampleFile.txt"))) {
            System.out.println("1. Start Writing file using FileOutputStream:");
            fileStream.write("Soccer".getBytes());
            System.out.println("Written Soccer to a file");
            fileStream.write(newLine.getBytes());
            fileStream.write("Tennis".getBytes());
            System.out.println("Written Tennis to a file");
            fileStream.write(newLine.getBytes());
            fileStream.write("Badminton".getBytes());
            System.out.println("Written Badminton to a file");
            fileStream.write(newLine.getBytes());
            fileStream.write("Hockey".getBytes());
            System.out.println("Written Hockey to a file");
            fileStream.write(newLine.getBytes());
            System.out.println("2. End Writing file using FileOutputStream");
            System.out.println();
        }
    }

    private static void readContentsUsingFileInputStream() throws IOException {
        try (FileInputStream fileStream = new FileInputStream(new File("sampleFile.txt"))) {
            System.out.println("3. Start Reading file using FileInputStream:");
            int character;
            while ((character = fileStream.read()) != -1) {
                System.out.print((char) character);
            }
            System.out.println("4. End Reading file using FileInputStream");
        }
    }
}

The contents of sampleFile.txt after write operation is as follows:

2. Output: read & write file in java (FileInputStream/FileOutputStream)

1. Start Writing file using FileOutputStream:
Written Soccer to a file
Written Tennis to a file
Written Badminton to a file
Written Hockey to a file
2. End Writing file using FileOutputStream:

3. Start Reading file using FileInputStream:
Soccer
Tennis
Badminton
Hockey
4. End Reading file using FileInputStream