OnJava8-Examples/iostreams/StoringAndRecoveringData.java

// iostreams/StoringAndRecoveringData.java
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import java.io.*;

public class StoringAndRecoveringData {
  public static void
  main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    try(
      DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(
        new BufferedOutputStream(
          new FileOutputStream("Data.txt")))
    ) {
      out.writeDouble(3.14159);
      out.writeUTF("That was pi");
      out.writeDouble(1.41413);
      out.writeUTF("Square root of 2");
    }
    try(
      DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(
        new BufferedInputStream(
          new FileInputStream("Data.txt")))
    ) {
      System.out.println(in.readDouble());
      // Only readUTF() will recover the
      // Java-UTF String properly:
      System.out.println(in.readUTF());
      System.out.println(in.readDouble());
      System.out.println(in.readUTF());
    }
  }
}
/* Output:
3.14159
That was pi
1.41413
Square root of 2
*/