ObjectInputStream.read() has the following syntax.
public int read() throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use ObjectInputStream.read() method.
/* w w w .jav a 2 s . co m*/ import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("test.txt"); ObjectOutputStream oout = new ObjectOutputStream(out); oout.writeUTF("Hello World from java2s.com"); oout.flush(); oout.close(); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream( "test.txt")); for (int i = 0; i < ois.available();) { System.out.print((char) ois.read()); } ois.close(); } }
The code above generates the following result.