{"id":17348,"date":"2024-03-15T14:49:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-i-o-streams-in-java-to-read-and-write-files\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T10:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T10:41:36","slug":"how-to-use-i-o-streams-in-java-to-read-and-write-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-i-o-streams-in-java-to-read-and-write-files\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use I\/O streams in Java to read and write files?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, reading and writing files using IO streams mainly involves the following classes and interfaces:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>FileInputStream and FileOutputStream are used to read and write files as streams of bytes, operating on a byte-by-byte basis.<\/li>\n<li>FileReader and FileWriter: used for reading and writing files in character streams, reading and writing is done on a character-by-character basis.<\/li>\n<li>BufferedReader and 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class=\"hljs-type\">FileWriter<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">fw<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">FileWriter<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"output.txt\"<\/span>);\r\n\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> data;\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">while<\/span> ((data = fr.read()) != -<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>) {\r\n                fw.write(data);\r\n            }\r\n\r\n            fr.close();\r\n            fw.close();\r\n        } <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">catch<\/span> (IOException e) {\r\n            e.printStackTrace();\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Read and write files using BufferedReader and BufferedWriter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.io.*;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span 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