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javaeofexception
Fabio Olivetto
Fabio Olivetto

Reputation: 616

EOFException from reading a file

The output is correct but it's followed by an EOFException. I read the documentation but still i don't know how to solve this

try(ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("file.bin"))){
    for(Ser s = (Ser)ois.readObject(); s!=null; s=(Ser)ois.readObject() )
        System.out.println(s);
}catch (IOException | ClassNotFoundException e){
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1005

Answers (1)

TimK
TimK

Reputation: 4835

You are assuming that readObject returns null if there is no data, but in fact it throws EOFException. The simplest fix is just to catch the exception:

try(...) {
    for(;;) {
        Ser s = (Ser)ois.readObject();
        System.out.println(s);
    }
} catch(EOFException e) {
    // normal loop termination
} catch(IOException | ClassNotFoundException e){
    // error
}

Be aware that some people and coding standards consider it bad practice to have an exception thrown in non-error conditions, like reaching the end of input in this case.

Upvotes: 2

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