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What is the use of FileInputStream and FileOutputStream in classes in Java?
Java provides I/O Streams to read and write data where, a Stream represents an input source or an output destination which could be a file, i/o devise, other program etc.
There are two types of streams available −
- InputStream − This is used to read (sequential) data from a source.
- OutputStream − This is used to write data to a destination.
FileInputStream
This class reads the data from a specific file (byte by byte). It is usually used to read the contents of a file with raw bytes, such as images.
To read the contents of a file using this class −
- First of all, you need to instantiate this class by passing a String variable or a File object, representing the path of the file to be read.
FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream("file_path");
or,
File file = new File("file_path");
FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);- Then read the contents of the specified file using either of the variants of read() method −
int read() − This simply reads data from the current InputStream and returns the read data byte by byte (in integer format).
This method returns -1 if the end of the file is reached.
int read(byte[] b) − This method accepts a byte array as parameter and reads the contents of the current InputStream, to the given array
This method returns an integer representing the total number of bytes or, -1 if the end of the file is reached.
int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) − This method accepts a byte array, its offset (int) and, its length (int) as parameters and reads the contents of the current InputStream, to the given array.
This method returns an integer representing the total number of bytes or, -1 if the end of the file is reached.
Example
Assume we have the following image in the directory D:/images
Following program reads contents of the above image using the FileInputStream.
Example
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
public class FileInputStreamExample {
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
//Creating a File object
File file = new File("D:/images/javafx.jpg");
//Creating a FileInputStream object
FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
//Creating a byte array
byte bytes[] = new byte[(int) file.length()];
//Reading data into the byte array
int numOfBytes = inputStream.read(bytes);
System.out.println("Data copied successfully...");
}
}Output
Data copied successfully...
FileOutputStream
This writes data into a specific file or, file descriptor (byte by byte). It is usually used to write the contents of a file with raw bytes, such as images.
To write the contents of a file using this class −
- First of all, you need to instantiate this class by passing a String variable or a File object, representing the path of the file to be read.
FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("file_path");
or,
File file = new File("file_path");
FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream (file);You can also instantiate a FileOutputStream class by passing a FileDescriptor object.
FileDescriptor descriptor = new FileDescriptor(); FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(descriptor);
- Then write the data to a specified file using either of the variants of write() method −
- int write(int b) − This method accepts a single byte and writes it to the current OutputStream.
- int write(byte[] b) − This method accepts a byte array as parameter and writes data from it to the current OutputStream.
- int write(byte[] b, int off, int len) − This method accepts a byte array, its offset (int) and, its length (int) as parameters and writes its contents to the current OutputStream.
Example
Assume we have the following image in the directory D:/images
Following program reads contents of the above image and writes it back to another file using the FileOutputStream class.
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
public class FileInputStreamExample {
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
//Creating a File object
File file = new File("D:/images/javafx.jpg");
//Creating a FileInputStream object
FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
//Creating a byte array
byte bytes[] = new byte[(int) file.length()];
//Reading data into the byte array
int numOfBytes = inputStream.read(bytes);
System.out.println("Data copied successfully...");
//Creating a FileInputStream object
FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("D:/images/output.jpg");
//Writing the contents of the Output Stream to a file
outputStream.write(bytes);
System.out.println("Data written successfully...");
}
}Output
Data copied successfully... Data written successfully...
If you verify the given path you can observe the generated image as −
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