Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { String fileName = "randomaccessfile.txt"; File fileObject = new File(fileName); if (!fileObject.exists()) { initialWrite(fileName); } readFile(fileName); readFile(fileName); } public static void readFile(String fileName) throws IOException { RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(fileName, "rw"); int counter = raf.readInt(); String msg = raf.readUTF(); System.out.println(counter); System.out.println(msg); incrementReadCounter(raf); raf.close(); } public static void incrementReadCounter(RandomAccessFile raf) throws IOException { long currentPosition = raf.getFilePointer(); raf.seek(0); int counter = raf.readInt(); counter++; raf.seek(0); raf.writeInt(counter); raf.seek(currentPosition); } public static void initialWrite(String fileName) throws IOException { RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(fileName, "rw"); raf.writeInt(0); raf.writeUTF("Hello world!"); raf.close(); } }