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1. Write problem - lossing the original data    stackoverflow.com

Every time I write to the text file I will lose the original data, how can I read the file and enter the data in the empty line or the next ...

2. Can apache FileUtils.writeLines() be made to append to a file if it exists    stackoverflow.com

The commons FileUtils look pretty cool, and I can't believe that they cannot be made to append to a file.

File file = new File(path);
FileUtils.writeLines(file, printStats(new DateTime(), headerRequired));
The above just ...

3. How to read data from file(.dat) in append mode    stackoverflow.com

We have an application which requires us to read data from a file (.dat) dynamically using deserialization. We are actually getting first object and it throws null pointer exception and "java.io.StreamCorruptedException:invalid ...

4. how to use append function in file    stackoverflow.com

I want to write in a file but in a way that it should not delete existing data in that file rather it should append that file. Can anybody please help ...

5. Append data into a file using Apache Commons I/O    stackoverflow.com

The FileUtils.writeStringToFile(fileName, text) function of Apache Commons I/O overwrites previous text in a file. I would like to append data to my file. Is there any way I could use Commons ...

6. append data into xlsx file through java    stackoverflow.com

I am using apache poi for writing into .xlsx file.I can write into .xlsx file but I am unable to append new content.How can I append new content in the .xlsx ...

7. append one file to another    stackoverflow.com

I want to append the content of fileA to fileB. As fileA is large, I would like to do this in a memory-efficient way, i.e. without reading the entire content of ...

8. How to append data to a file?    stackoverflow.com

I trying to write into the txt file.
But with out losing the data that is already stored in the file. But my problem that when I put string in the txt file, ...

9. Unable To append    stackoverflow.com

This is the code :

import java.io.*;
class tester {
 public static void main(String args[])throws IOException  {
   File f=new File("d:/testerf.txt");
   FileWriter fw=new FileWriter(f,true);
   String s="Working";
  ...





10. Java Properties Class appending date    stackoverflow.com

I am using the java properties class to append a value to my config file with this code.(I stripped out error handling and whatnot)

Properties configFile = new Properties();
configFile.setProperty(key, value);
configFile.store(new FileOutputStream("plugins/WirelessRedstone/receivers.properties", true), ...

11. How to add content to files using Java    stackoverflow.com

I have a result being entered into a file. This result is being done on a loop. So, every time a new result comes, it has to be appended into a ...

12. how to append data in docx file using docx4j    stackoverflow.com

Please tell me how to append data in docx file using java and docx4j. What I'm doing is, I am using a template in docx format in which some field are dilled ...

13. how do you append to a file in java?    stackoverflow.com

appendFile: This method should take as input a String filename as first argument and a String extraData as second argument. It should return a boolean. The method should search for the ...

14. Appending to a file    coderanch.com

15. How to append data to the Logfile with out duplicate values    coderanch.com

HI, Basically i need to appand data to the logfile.If there is Duplicate data it should not tbe appended.. Here is the piece of code that i have written to append... Any one could help me how to restrict the Duplicate values not to append to the LogFile.. FileWriter frw = null; File logFile = new File (logPath); if(logFile.exists() == true) ...

16. comparing the file before i append it to the other    coderanch.com

I have two files that need to be made into one file. The thing is file 1 has records A,B,C,D E and File 2 has records C,D,E,F,G,H. So now my program writes the final record as A,B,C,D,E,C,D,E,F,G,H.(some duplicate records) How can I get the file to just write the built file as ABCDEFGH.(each record is a line long) here is the ...





17. saving data and appending to it in a file    coderanch.com

Hi, thanks jim.I got the solution,but now i have another problem,i want to save a employee's records in thst file.but here when i add second record first one is getting deleted and the new one is replaced. can anyone help me in code..so that i can save the records and append to the same file here ie the code public class ...

18. ReadObject(), not Working in Appended File Properly    coderanch.com

Hi pplz I have got the following error when reading records ( appended records ) from a binary file (Object Serialized file) . it read old records perfectly , but when it reaches to recently added record it gives the following error. java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.io.StreamCorruptedException: T ype code out of range, is -84 Any Idea, Regards, Kamran

19. How to append data to a file    coderanch.com

Hmm, you know, I just tried it out, and it works! Here's all I did: import java.io.* ; public class TestWriter { public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException { PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter( new FileOutputStream( "test.dat" , true ) ); writer.println( "This is the first test" ); writer.println( "This is another test" ); writer.flush(); writer.close(); } } ...

20. How to write a file in append mode?    coderanch.com

Hi, I am creating a file and writing into it using FileWriter. I want to append to the file every time I write.So I create fileWriter using FileWriter(filename,true). But still it overwrites the previous contents. Does any one know the solution. Or an alternate way to wirte a file in append mode.This is JDK 1.2 Thanks,

21. Trouble appending new data to an existing file    coderanch.com

Thanks in advance for any help you all might be able to extend. I'm having a prouble appending new data to a file. Its a character file and I can't get it to not overwrite my old file // lotsa code making a String called output File outputFile = new File("outputPath"); // supposed to set file writing to append mode? FileWriter ...

22. How do i open a file in append mode for writing?    coderanch.com

Hi all, Can someone tell me how to open a text file in append mode for writing to it? I've used buffered writer to write to the file. But I'm used two such streams in different classes to write to the same file. So it appears that the file is being overwritten by the second. is it possible to open in ...

23. Appending an object to a file    coderanch.com

Since there isn't an "append" method in the ObjectOutputStream class, for example, do you first have to read in all the objects from the file into say, a Vector, add the new one, and then write them all back out? Yes, that's one good way. Except I'd say ArrayList rather than Vector. Or you might put separate objects in separate files ...

24. Appending    coderanch.com

25. Appending file problem    coderanch.com

Hi all I'm have a perplexing problem I hope you can help me with. Here is my problem. I read a line from a text file using BufferedReader: dataFile = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName)); String line = dataFile.readLine(); I write the line as an object to a file using FileOutputStream and ObjectOutputStream: FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream ("file"); ObjectOutputStream oos = new ...

26. Opening files in append mode    coderanch.com

27. appending to a file    coderanch.com

28. Cannot append data to a file    coderanch.com

Hi Friends, I have 4 java classes: Main class :mrgreen: isplays menu Add class : Adds a new record to the file Here to open the file i use this: oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream( "file.ser") ); Print class : Prints the record in the file ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream( "file.ser" ) ); Bean : Defines the Record. But for ...

29. Append in File with JDK 1.3    coderanch.com

hi, I am in a situation where I have to read a file with chunks andwrite each chunk in another file.If other file file does not exist then create it else append data tothe end of file. Now the problem is how to achieve this append functionality in JDK1.3. I mean i would like to open a file and append some ...

30. How to append the data into exsisting file ?    coderanch.com

Hi, I am new to java IO API, I hope you guys can help me out here. I have a file that contains the data from runtime Java Application. I am currently using a BufferedWriter to rewrite data to a file each time. All data will be rewrite from the beginning of the file. Indeed, I just want to append the ...

31. Memory concerns in writting / appending a file    coderanch.com

Hello, We have an application where I need to put huge amount of records in a flat file. The records are text and binary (images) and the size of the file will probably run int0 700 MB to 800 MB. I would be firing various queries/SPs and plan to append the data to the output file (The output file will be ...

32. Appending data to existing data in a file    coderanch.com

Hi All, I have a req where we read a flat file which contains records line by line and append some additional info to each line when we read it and write the new lines with additional info to a different file. Could somebody pl tell me how do i do this. Thanks!

33. File append    coderanch.com

34. Appending to an existing file    coderanch.com

I have a file that I am using as a log file. I want to be able to write to it from within different parts of my program. I don't want to clear the file everytime I open it. I created a method that takes two strings as arguments, one is the filename and the other is the string to write ...

35. Appending to a file    coderanch.com

Hello all, I'm currently writing a java program that allows a user to input a name that is then saved to a .txt file. It works fine if I run the program once but when I run the program again it adds the data to the same line. Is there a way I can make the program add the names to ...

37. how to append data    coderanch.com

38. saving data and appending to file    coderanch.com

39. appending data to file    coderanch.com

40. Appending an object to a file does not work    coderanch.com

This is the file which performs the logic public class ReadWriteDataTest { private static void storeuserData(File f, UserDetails userDetails) { try { ObjectOutput out = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(f,true)); //ObjectOutput out = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(f)); out.writeObject(userDetails); out.close(); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Unable to store users, exception : " + e.getMessage()); } } public static void main(String[] args) { UserDetails user = ...

41. Appending to a file    coderanch.com

Hello all, I'm currently writing a java program that allows a user to input a name that is then saved to a .txt file. It works fine if I run the program once but when I run the program again it adds the data to the same line. Is there a way I can make the program add the names to ...

42. problem in appending contents of file.    coderanch.com

43. How to append in excel sheet using Java    coderanch.com

public class Write2 { private static String lOutputFileName = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Eclipse\\OnlineAssessment\\WebContent\\Report3.xls"; public void writeExcel(String lOutputFileName,List aOutputLines) { File lFile = new File(lOutputFileName); FileInputStream lFin = null; HSSFWorkbook lWorkBook = null; HSSFSheet lWorkSheet = null; FileOutputStream lFout = null; POIFSFileSystem lPOIfs = null; if (lFile.exists()) { try { lFout = new FileOutputStream(lOutputFileName, true); lFin = new FileInputStream(lOutputFileName); lPOIfs = new POIFSFileSystem(lFin); ...

44. how can I append two files    coderanch.com

hai any one tell me how can i append two files in java. but these are the steps to be done: note: directory1 & directory2 contains same files mostly 1- read the file1 from the directory1 // it is fine for me 2- read the file2 from the directory2 // it is fine for me 3- later i need to append ...

45. Append a message to a file    coderanch.com

Hi all, I'm trying to insert a message into a log file on a Solaris 10 machine via a Java program. Basically I need to run an echo command and append the output into the file: echo "Test message" >> /my/output/file Here's my effort so far: public class Test{ public static void main(String args[]){ try{ Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(" echo \"TeSt ...

46. How to append to the start of file?    coderanch.com

47. how to append in a file from beginning.    coderanch.com

hello all, i am doing some file related work at some point i want to append the file from the beginning but i don't know how to do this, please help. i m using File Writer constructor with second argument true for appending in the file but it appends from the end of the file but i want to insert something ...

48. How to Append in file ?    java-forums.org

49. How to append data to an already existing file?    java-forums.org

hi, I am trying to write a server program that will handle multiple clients and receives a file from each client. I need to save data from all the clients in a single file on the server. I had written a program, but server each time rewrites the content of the file. Instead of rewriting i need the server to append ...

50. Appending to a file to write to    java-forums.org

52. Appending data to file    forums.oracle.com

1) Yes the code is executing 2) The is an SQLException , at this point im calling the errorLog method to write the error to the file 3) In the calling program i set the path for the file, i am looking at the correct file. Edited by: Bekha on Feb 13, 2008 3:19 AM

53. how to append in file    forums.oracle.com

55. Reading, comparing and appending two files is taking lot of time    forums.oracle.com

1) Just compare the byte content - no need to convert to Strings. 2) Compare a block (say 256K bytes) at a time - no need to read the whole file into memory. 3) Compare the file lengths first - if they are different then the content cannot be the same. 4) When appending one file to the other, set the ...

56. How to append to a file?    forums.oracle.com

57. Writing to end of file Append stuff    forums.oracle.com

58. how to append values to a file?    forums.oracle.com

...furthermore, unless i was mistaken, i thought this was a new to java forum...excuse me for not knowing all of the details of how to correctly implement some of these methods but the obvious thing to do when you are confused on how to correctly implement something and get errors as a result is to ask questions...i didn't post on here ...

59. Append to file    forums.oracle.com

60. how can i append string to file    forums.oracle.com

62. Append to a file in java    forums.oracle.com

63. appending two files    forums.oracle.com

64. java io: why in append mode a new char is added?    forums.oracle.com

I think the question should really be "Why when I use UTF-16 as my encoding is an extra byte added at the end of the file?" You haven't correctly identified the differences between the two code fragments. Anyway, the answer to the real question is that UTF-16 encodes each character as two bytes. Your default encoding, whatever it is, encodes each ...

65. ZipOutputStream appending    forums.oracle.com

66. Appending a file using i/o    forums.oracle.com

68. Files appended but not loaded    forums.oracle.com

69. File not appended    forums.oracle.com

70. Appending to an existing file    forums.oracle.com

u mean when i asked about the while loop? I got that portion of the method to work...but now i need to write the temps inputted to the temperature data file, i read that if you pass true to the FileWriter it will append to and existing file, but it isnt writing anything to the file.

71. File append    forums.oracle.com

72. Appending data to a file    forums.oracle.com

74. Help - Appending Index Count to Same File Name    forums.oracle.com

A file is then created for each personalized letter to files.txt. For example: John.txt, Sally.txt, and Megan.txt, and so on. If two people have same name, create a new file by appending an index for the new file. For example, if there was another John in people.txt file, you will create John-1.txt for the new personalized letter. I was told to ...

76. Appending data to the beginning of a file    forums.oracle.com

You might be able to write the file into one of the Collection Lists that maintain order (like LinkedList, but there are others), add the first line, and then rewrite the file from the list. You might also find the Collections methods reverse and rotate could be useful if you add the data at the end of the list. You could ...

77. why cant i append objects to a file    forums.oracle.com

79. Appending data to already existing file.    forums.oracle.com

I have to read a input java file and search for a particular word in that file. As soon as i find the word i have to add a comment to the end of the particular line in the input java file. anyone please tell me how to do this? I have tried with append option but it is appending only ...

80. bufferedWriter/fileWriter overwrites instead of appending    forums.oracle.com

FileWriter writer = new FileWriter( fileName, true ); writer.write(savedData); writer.close(); ... i've tried this method as well: BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("C:/Documents and Settings/user/Desktop/myproject/bdata.txt")); writer.write(savedData); writer.newLine(); writer.flush(); writer.close(); and this (this one does append but the appended data looks like this "t h i s i s t h e d a t a a p p e n d ...

81. how to append the data in a file    forums.oracle.com

82. Appending to a file    forums.oracle.com

If you want to add more data to them, then you need libraries that know how to do that. I believe the POI project (google for it) provides tools to do it. If you don't want to use POI...then stop using Word and Excel; they're **** anyway. Message was edited by: paulcw

83. Cant append a file, says "null pointer", how do i stop the file header?    forums.oracle.com

1) Don't catch NullPointerException - it means you are doing something wrong and is not a standard error. The stack trace it prints out will tell you where you went wrong. I'm only guessing here, but I bet its here: Output.writeObject(record); 2) You can certainly append to a File containing a serialized object graph, but you will not be able to ...