java input/output
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Java Input/Output. Reading standard input. Surprisingly complicated (GUI focus) Old-fashioned way: BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); String line = null; while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) { // process line … }. Two modern ways. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Java Input/Output
Reading standard input• Surprisingly complicated (GUI focus)• Old-fashioned way:
BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String line = null; while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) { // process line … }
Two modern ways Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in); while (s.hasNextLine()) { String line = s.nextLine(); // process line … }
Console r = System.console(); String line = null; while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) { // process line … }
Utility methods for Strings
“the quick brown fox”.split(“ ”); => {“the”,“quick”,”brown”,”fox”}
String.valueOf(13) => “13”String.valueOf(x) => x.toString()
Integer.parseInt(“37”) => 37 (int)new Integer(“37”) => 37 (Integer object)
similar for other primitives types …
RandomAccessFile• makes files available “like a big array of bytes”, allows
random read/write access anywhere inside a file• only supports primitive types + Strings
• new RandomAccessFile(String fileName, String mode), where mode is “r”,”rw”,”rws”,”rwd”
• void seek(long pos)• long getFilePointer()• double readDouble() and similar • long length()• void setLength(long newLength)
RandomAccessFile exampleRandomAccessFile rf = new
RandomAccessFile(“doubles”,”rw”);
// read third double: go to 2 * 8 (size of one)rf.seek(8*2);double x = rf.readDouble();
// overwrite first double valuerf.seek(0);rf.writeDouble(x);rf.close();
Streams vs. Readers/Writers
• Confusing number of alternatives:– Streams: for binary 8bit (byte) quantities– Readers/Writers: for String and 16bit Unicode
characters• Streams: always 8bit quantities at the
lowest level, but may provide higher-level abstractions as well, e.g.– readInt() [in class DataInputStream] will
process four 8bit values to read a single 32bit int value
InputStream hierarchy InputStream
ByteArray File Filter Piped Object SequenceInputStream InputStream InputStream InputStream InputStream InputStream
Data Buffered LineNumber PushBack InputStream InputStream InputStream InputStream
Physical: ByteArrayInputStream, FileInputStream, PipedInputStream
Virtual: all others
Class InputStreamabstract class InputStream {
int read() throws IOException;int read(byte[] buffer) throws IOException;long skip(long n) throws IOException;int available() throws IOException;void close() throws IOException;}
• IOException: e.g. file cannot be opened, read operation was interrupted, …
Physical input streams
• Some constructors:– ByteArrayInputStream(byte[] buffer);– ByteArrayInputStream(byte[] buffer, int offset, int
count)– FileInputStream(File f);– FileInputStream(String fileName);– PipedInputStream(PipedOutputStream p);
• Why use File instead of String as argument to the FileInputStream constructor?
Virtual input streams
• Build on top of physical ones using composition, add additional behaviour, e.g.:– SequenceInputStream: appends a couple of
InputStreams giving the impression/illusion of just a single stream
– FilterInputStream: an instance of the “Wrapper design pattern”
Client
read()
Filter
read()
InputStream
DataInputStreamclass DataInputStream extends FilterInputStream implements DataInput {
…public boolean readBoolean() throws IOExceptionpublic byte readByte() throws IOExceptionpublic char readChar() throws IOExceptionpublic double readDouble() throws IOExceptionpublic int readInt() throws IOExceptionpublic long readLong() throws IOExceptionpublic short readShort() throws IOExceptionpublic int readUnsignedByte() throws IOExceptionpublic int readUnsignedShort() throws IOException}
• Read bytes (binary representation, not textual), return them as primitive data types
• Possibly generated by DataOutputStream• Same interface also used by RandomAccessFile
Stream Tokenizer• Useful to break up text into tokens (words, numbers, others):
public class TokenTest {public static void main(String[] args) {
StreamTokenizer tok = new StreamTokenizer(System.in);try {while (tok.nextToken() != tok.TT_EOF) {
switch(tok.ttype) {case tok.TT_NUMBER:
System.out.println(“number “ + tok.val);break;
…case default: …
}}} catch (IOException e) {}
}}
• “23-skidoo, kid!” yields: number 23.0 token – word skidoo …
Output stream hierachy
OutputStream
ByteArray File Filter Piped ObjectOutputStream OutputStream OutputStream OutputStream OutputStream
Data Buffered PrintStream OutputStream OutputStream
Similar to InputStream hierarchy:
physical: ByteArrayOutputStream, FileOutputStream, PipedOutputStream
virtual: all others
OutputStreampublic abstract class OutputStream {
public abstract void write(int b) throws IOExceptionpublic void write(byte[] buffer) throws IOExceptionpublic void flush() throws IOExceptionpublic void close() throws IOException}
• Quite a few output streams use buffering (for efficiency reasons), flush() explicitly forces completion of pending output operations
PrintStreampublic class PrintStream extends FilterOutputStream {
…public void print(boolean bool)public void print(int inum)public void print(float fnum)public void print(double dnum)public void print(String str) public void print(Object o) { print(o.toString()); }…
}
• Generates textual representations• print(Object o) is purely polymorphic
Object Serialization• Transform instances into 8bit units can be send
over networks, stored in filesystems• Allows for object persistence, i.e. save state
across program invocations• Interface Serializable, classes
ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream• Would be tricky: need to get shared structure
right!
Object Serialization exampleimport java.io.Serializable;class Pair implements Serializable {
public Object first;public Object second;
}class Holder implements Serializable {
public Object value;}
• Actually empty interface, so “implements Serializable” suffices
Object Serialization example contd.import java.util.Date;…Date today = new Date();Holder a = new Holder();a.value = today;Holder b = new Holder();b.value = today;Pair c = new Pair();c.first = a;c.second = b;
c
a b
today
Object Serialization: write to filetry {
FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream(“saveState”);ObjectOutputStream s = new ObjectOutputStream(f);s.writeObject(“The value of c is”);s.writeObject(c);s.flush();
} catch (IOException e) System.out.println(“received error “ + e);
}
Object Serialization: read backtry {
FileInputStream f = new FileInputStream(“saveState”);ObjectInputStream s = new ObjectInputStream(f);String tag = (String) s.readObject();Pair c = (Pair) s.readObject();
} catch (IOException e) {System.out.println(“received IO exception “ + e);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {System.out.println(“received class exception “ + e);
}
Object Serialization: check ==
…Holder a = (Holder) c.first;Holder b = (Holder) c.second;if( a.value == b.value )
System.out.println(“it’s the same object”);
…
Piped IO• Producer/consumer paradigm• Multiple threads and pipes• A pipe: buffered data area used for both reading
and writing• May suspend on IO operations:
– Read, because empty– Write, because full
• In Java: matched pair of streams:PipedInputStream in = new PipedInputStream();PipedOutputStream out = new PipedOutputStream(in);
Piped IO Example:Fibonacci + Prime
class FibMaker extends Thread {private DataOutputStream out;public FibMaker(DataOutputStream o) {out = o;}public void run() {
int n = 0;int m = 1;try {
out.writeInt(m);while(m<100000) {
int newValue = n+m;n=m;m=newValue;out.writeInt(newValue);}
out.close();} catch (IOException e) {return; }}}
Piped IO Example contd.class PipeTest {
static public void main(String[] args) {PipeTest w = new PipeTest(); w.show(System.out);}
private PipeTest(PrintStream out) {DataInputStream fibs = makeFibs();DataInputStream primes = makePrimes();try {
int x = fibs.readInt();int y = primes.readInt();while (x < 100000) {
if (x == y) { out.println(x + “ is both prime and fib”); x = fibs.readInt(); y = primes.readInt(); }else if (x<y) x = fibs.readInt();else y = primes.readInt();}
} catch (IOException e) { System.exit(0);}}
Piped IO Example contd.private DataInputStream makeFibs() {
try {PipedInputStream in = new PipedInputStream();PipedOutputStream out = new PipedOutputStream(in);Thread fibThread = new FibMaker (new DataOutputStream(out));fibThread.start();return new DataInputStream(in);} catch (IOException e) { return null;}
}
Readers and Writers hierarchy Reader
Buffered CharArray InputStream Filter Piped StringReader Reader Reader Reader Reader Reader
LineNumber File PushbackReader Reader Reader
Writer
Buffered CharArray OutputStream Filter Piped Print StringWriter Writer Writer Writer Writer Writer Writer
FileWriter
Readers/Writers• Purely textual, but similar to IO streams try {
FileReader f = new FileReader(“filename”); BufferedReader b = new BufferedReader(b); … } catch (…){ … } …
• Also wrap around IO streams: FileInputStream f = new FileInputStream(“f”); InputStreamReader r = new InputStreamReader(f,
“MacCyrillic”); BufferedReader b = new BufferedReader(r); String text = r.readLine();
String.split(String Regex)• even simpler than StreamTokenizer "boo:and:foo”.split(“:”) ->
{“boo”,”and”,”foo”}"boo:and:foo”.split(“o”) -> {“b”,””,”:and:f”}
• Typical loop to process file input: BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( new FileReader(fileName)); String line = null;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { String[] tokens = line.split(“ “);
// process tokens …}