Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { File aFile = new File("file.dat"); FileInputStream inFile = null; try { inFile = new FileInputStream(aFile); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); System.exit(0); } FileChannel inChannel = inFile.getChannel(); final int COUNT = 6; ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(8 * COUNT); long[] data = new long[COUNT]; try { while (inChannel.read(buf) != -1) { ((ByteBuffer) (buf.flip())).asLongBuffer().get(data); System.out.println(); for (long prime : data) System.out.printf("%10d", prime); buf.clear(); } System.out.println("\nEOF reached."); inFile.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); System.exit(1); } } }