Store objects in file in Java
Description
The following code shows how to store objects in file.
Example
//from w ww .ja v a 2 s .c o m
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("books.dat");
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
Book book = new Book("1", "Java", "A");
oos.writeObject(book);
oos.flush();
oos.close();
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("books.dat");
ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
book = (Book) ois.readObject();
System.out.println(book.toString());
ois.close();
}
}
class Book implements Serializable {
private String isbn;
private String title;
private String author;
public Book(String isbn, String title, String author) {
this.isbn = isbn;
this.title = title;
this.author = author;
}
public String toString() {
return "[Book: " + isbn + ", " + title + ", " + author + "]";
}
}
The code above generates the following result.