CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javarandomaccessfile
user3003064
user3003064

Reputation:

Reading from random access file in Java

I am trying to set up a while loop that will read from a RandomAccessFile and stop when it reaches the end of the file. But every time I try running the program I get an error.

RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(filename, "rw");
    final int EOF = -1;

    while(raf.readInt() != EOF){

    id = raf.readInt();
    existingMileage = raf.readInt();
    gasCost = raf.readInt();
    ndays = raf.readInt();
    rate = raf.readInt();
    totalCharge = raf.readInt();
    discount = raf.readInt();
    tax = raf.readInt();
    netCharge = raf.readInt();
    returnMileage = raf.readInt();

    }

This is the error I am getting:

Exception in thread "main" java.io.EOFException
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.readInt(Unknown Source)
at TakeHome.TakeHome.fileReaderMethod(TakeHome.java:127)
at TakeHome.TakeHome.main(TakeHome.java:20)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 13463

Answers (3)

The Blue Owl
The Blue Owl

Reputation: 31

This is one way to handle a RandomAccessFile:

RandomAccessFile file = new RandomAccessFile("testFile", "r");

//random code in between

while(true){
   try{
      //do stuff with code, like reading from file
   } catch(EOFException e){
      break;
   }
}

//do some more stuff if you like

file.close();

Upvotes: 2

user207421
user207421

Reputation: 310911

 final int EOF = -1;

You made that up. It isn't in the Javadoc. The readInt() method doesn't return -1 at end of file. It can't. -1 is an in-band value. It throws the very EOFException you are getting.

You're also throwing the int that you read at the EOF test away, so you're reaching end of file sooner than you should be.

You should loop while (true), catch EOFException, and break when you catch it.

Upvotes: 4

CMOS
CMOS

Reputation: 51

The file you are reading needs to be also created as a binary file. If you are trying to read from a file that you created as text then the reader will read 4 bytes for the int and for example if you have a sequence of numbers 12345678 the reader doesn't know that these are separate numbers and will treat it as one integer and then go to the end of file. Another thing to mention is that you need to catch the EOFException to end the loop cause -1 can also be an integer.

Hope that helps.

EDIT: Try this

RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(new File("/path/to/file"), "rw");
        int numberCounter = 0;
        int totalNumbers = 10;
        for (int i = 0; i < totalNumbers; i++)
        {
            raf.writeInt(i * 2);
        }

        raf.seek(0);

        try
        {
            while (true)
            {
                int id = raf.readInt();
                System.out.println(id);
                numberCounter++;

            }
        }
        catch (EOFException ex)
        {
            System.out.println("Total number " + numberCounter);
            System.out.println("End of file reached!");
        }
        finally
        {
            raf.close();
        }

Output:

0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Total number 10
End of file reached!

Upvotes: -1

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