I create series of objects out of Student Class and store them in a vector. I write each object in to a .ser file once it created. Then I read them back. My code is working perfectly. What I want to know is, the way I do this is correct or are there any easy and optimized ways to get this done?? And also how to replace or delete specific object in a .ser file without re-witting whole the file again.
Student Class
public class Student implements Comparable<Student>, Serializable{
private String firstName = "";
private int registrationNumber;
private int coursework1;
private int coursework2;
private int finalExam;
private double moduleMark;
public String getFirstName() {
return firstName;
}
public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
this.firstName = firstName;
}
public int getRegistrationNumber() {
return registrationNumber;
}
public void setRegistrationNumber(int registrationNumber) {
this.registrationNumber = registrationNumber;
}
public int getCoursework1() {
return coursework1;
}
public void setCoursework1(int coursework1) {
this.coursework1 = coursework1;
}
public int getCoursework2() {
return coursework2;
}
public void setCoursework2(int coursework2) {
this.coursework2 = coursework2;
}
public int getFinalExam() {
return finalExam;
}
public void setFinalExam(int finalExam) {
this.finalExam = finalExam;
}
public double getModuleMark() {
return moduleMark;
}
public void setModuleMark(double moduleMark) {
this.moduleMark = moduleMark;
}
public int compareTo(Student s){
if (this.moduleMark > s.moduleMark)
return 1;
else if (this.moduleMark == s.moduleMark)
return 0;
else
return -1;
}
}
File writing part
public static void Write(Student mm){
try
{
FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("info.ser",true);
ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(fileOut));
out.writeObject(mm);
out.close();
fileOut.close();
System.out.println("Serialized data is saved in info.ser");
}catch(IOException i)
{
//i.printStackTrace();
}
}
Reading part
public static int Read() {
int count=0;
try{
vector = new Vector<Student>();
FileInputStream saveFile = new FileInputStream("info.ser");
ObjectInputStream save;
try{
for(;;){
save = new ObjectInputStream(saveFile);
student = (Student) save.readObject();
vector.add(student);
count++;
}
}catch(EOFException e){
//e.printStackTrace();
}
saveFile.close();
}catch(Exception exc){
exc.printStackTrace();
}
return count;
}