Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.RandomAccessFile; import java.nio.MappedByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { File aFile = new File("C:/test.bin"); RandomAccessFile ioFile = new RandomAccessFile(aFile, " rw"); FileChannel ioChannel = ioFile.getChannel(); final int PRIMESREQUIRED = 10; long[] primes = new long[PRIMESREQUIRED]; int index = 0; final long REPLACEMENT = 999999L; final int PRIMECOUNT = (int) ioChannel.size() / 8; MappedByteBuffer buf = ioChannel.map(FileChannel.MapMode.READ_WRITE, 0L, ioChannel.size()).load(); ioChannel.close(); for (int i = 0; i < PRIMESREQUIRED; i++) { index = 8 * (int) (PRIMECOUNT * Math.random()); primes[i] = buf.getLong(index); buf.putLong(index, REPLACEMENT); } for (long prime : primes) { System.out.printf("%12d", prime); } ioFile.close(); } }