Applied

• Write code that uses the File class to get information about a file or directory.
• Write code that reads and writes data to a text file using buffered readers and writers.
• Use the string handling features that were presented in chapter 12 to process text read from a delimited text file.
• Write code that reads and writes data to a binary file using primitive data types and fixed-length strings.
• Write code that reads and writes random-access files.
• Given the specifications for an application that stores its data in a text or binary file, implement the program using the file handling features presented in this chapter.

Knowledge

• Explain the differences between a text file and a binary file.
• Explain the concept of layering and how it is used to create filtered streams that can read or write files.
• Explain how a buffer for an output stream works and how it improves the performance of an I/O operation.
• Name and describe the three common types of I/O exceptions.
• Describe the functions provided by the BufferedWriter, PrintWriter, and FileWriter classes when reading data from a text file.
• Describe the functions provided by the BufferedReader and FileReader classes when writing to text files.
• Describe the functions provided by the DataOutputStream BufferedOutputStream, and FileOutputStream classes when writing data to a binary file.
• Describe the functions provided by the DataInputStream, BufferedInputStream, and FileInputStream classes when reading data from a binary file.
• List two ways that strings can be stored in a binary file and describe the difference between the techniques.
• Explain the differences in the use of random-access and sequential-access files.