public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
String fname = "d:\\q.txt";
String mode;
// mode = "r";//r : file must exist
mode = "rw"; // rw : file will be created or opened
// open the file
RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(fname, mode);
/*
//seek and write demo
raf.seek(10);//position file r/w pointer at index 10 wrt BOF
//a seek beyond file size causes file to grow upto the seek value
raf.write(65);//raf.write('A');
*/
// r/w java datatypes
int i1, i2;
float f1, f2;
char c1, c2;
String s1, s2;
i1 = -10;
f1 = 1234.5678F;
c1 = 'q';
s1 = "hello files";
raf.seek(0); // reach BOF
raf.writeInt(i1);
raf.writeFloat(f1);
raf.writeChar(c1);
raf.writeUTF(s1);
raf.seek(0); // reach BOF
i2 = raf.readInt();
f2 = raf.readFloat();
c2 = raf.readChar();
s2 = raf.readUTF();
System.out.println(i2);
System.out.println(f2);
System.out.println(c2);
System.out.println(s2);
// close the file
raf.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println(ex); // ex converts into ex.toString()
}
} // main
private void append(SingleHit[] hits, String prefix, int chrom) throws IOException {
RandomAccessFile positionsRAF = new RandomAccessFile(getPositionsFname(prefix, chrom), "rw");
RandomAccessFile weightsRAF = new RandomAccessFile(getWeightsFname(prefix, chrom), "rw");
RandomAccessFile lasRAF = new RandomAccessFile(getLaSFname(prefix, chrom), "rw");
positionsRAF.seek(positionsRAF.length());
weightsRAF.seek(weightsRAF.length());
lasRAF.seek(lasRAF.length());
for (int i = 0; i < hits.length; i++) {
SingleHit h = hits[i];
positionsRAF.writeInt(h.pos);
weightsRAF.writeFloat(h.weight);
lasRAF.writeInt(makeLAS(h.length, h.strand));
}
positionsRAF.close();
weightsRAF.close();
lasRAF.close();
}