Java RandomAccessFile.length()
Syntax
RandomAccessFile.length() has the following syntax.
public long length() throws IOException
Example
In the following code shows how to use RandomAccessFile.length() method.
/* w w w . j a v a 2 s . c o m*/
import java.io.*;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile("c:/test.txt", "rw");
// write something in the file
raf.writeUTF("java2s.com Hello World");
// set the file pointer at 0 position
raf.seek(0);
// read and print the contents of the file
System.out.println(raf.readUTF());
// print the length of the file
System.out.println(raf.length());
// write something more in the file
raf.writeUTF("This is an example");
// print the length of the file
System.out.println(raf.length());
raf.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
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