Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.CharBuffer; import java.nio.DoubleBuffer; import java.nio.LongBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { long[] primes = new long[] { 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 }; File aFile = new File("C:/test/primes.txt"); FileOutputStream outputFile = null; try { outputFile = new FileOutputStream(aFile); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); } FileChannel file = outputFile.getChannel(); final int BUFFERSIZE = 100; ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(BUFFERSIZE); DoubleBuffer doubleBuf = buf.asDoubleBuffer(); buf.position(8); CharBuffer charBuf = buf.asCharBuffer(); for (long prime : primes) { String primeStr = "prime = " + prime; doubleBuf.put(0, (double) primeStr.length()); charBuf.put(primeStr); buf.position(2 * charBuf.position() + 8); LongBuffer longBuf = buf.asLongBuffer(); longBuf.put(prime); buf.position(buf.position() + 8); buf.flip(); try { file.write(buf); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); } buf.clear(); doubleBuf.clear(); charBuf.clear(); } try { System.out.println("File written is " + file.size() + "bytes."); outputFile.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); } } }