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Read a file containing an offset, and a String at that offset

   
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;

/**
 * Read a file containing an offset, and a String at that offset.
 * 
 * @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/
 * @version $Id: ReadRandom.java,v 1.6 2004/03/07 17:30:35 ian Exp $
 */
public class RandomRead {
  final static String FILENAME = "random.dat";

  protected String fileName;

  protected RandomAccessFile seeker;

  public static void main(String[] argv) throws IOException {
    RandomRead r = new RandomRead(FILENAME);

    System.out.println("Offset is " + r.readOffset());
    System.out.println("Message is \"" + r.readMessage() + "\".");
  }

  /** Constructor: save filename, construct RandomAccessFile */
  public RandomRead(String fname) throws IOException {
    fileName = fname;
    seeker = new RandomAccessFile(fname, "r");
  }

  /** Read the Offset field, defined to be at location 0 in the file. */
  public int readOffset() throws IOException {
    seeker.seek(0); // move to very beginning
    return seeker.readInt(); // and read the offset
  }

  /** Read the message at the given offset */
  public String readMessage() throws IOException {
    seeker.seek(readOffset()); // move to the offset
    return seeker.readLine(); // and read the String
  }
}




           
         
    
    
  








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