Java.io.ObjectOutputStream.write() Method

Description

The java.io.ObjectOutputStream.write(byte[] buf) method writes an array of bytes. This method will block until the bytes are actually written.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.io.ObjectOutputStream.write() method

public void write(byte[] buf)

Parameters

• buf -- the data to be written

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

• IOException -- if I/O errors occur

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.io.ObjectOutputStream.write() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.*;

public class ObjectOutputStreamDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      byte b = 'a';
      try {

         // create a new file with an ObjectOutputStream
         FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("test.txt");
         ObjectOutputStream oout = new ObjectOutputStream(out);

         // write something in the file
         oout.write(b);

         // close the stream
         oout.close();

         // create an ObjectInputStream for the file we created before
         ObjectInputStream ois =
                 new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("test.txt"));

         // read and print a string
         System.out.println("" + (char) ois.readByte());

      } catch (Exception ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }

   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

a