Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.FileWriter; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.util.StringTokenizer; public class DataFileTest { static void writeData(Employee e, PrintWriter out) throws IOException { e.writeData(out); } static Employee readData(BufferedReader in) throws IOException { Employee e = new Employee(); e.readData(in); return e; } public static void main(String[] args) { Employee staff = new Employee("Java Source", 35500); staff.raiseSalary(5.25); try { PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("employee.dat")); writeData(staff, out); out.close(); } catch (IOException e) { System.out.print("Error: " + e); System.exit(1); } try { BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("employee.dat")); Employee e = readData(in); e.print(); in.close(); } catch (IOException e) { System.out.print("Error: " + e); System.exit(1); } } } class Employee { private String name; private double salary; public Employee(String n, double s) { name = n; salary = s; } public Employee() { } public void print() { System.out.println(name + " " + salary); } public void raiseSalary(double byPercent) { salary *= 1 + byPercent / 100; } public void writeData(PrintWriter out) throws IOException { out.println(name + "|" + salary); } public void readData(BufferedReader in) throws IOException { String s = in.readLine(); StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(s, "|"); name = t.nextToken(); salary = Double.parseDouble(t.nextToken()); } }