import java.io.*; import java.util.*; /** * @version 1.12 2007-06-22 * @author Cay Horstmann */ public class TextFileTest { public static void main(String[] args) { Employee[] staff = new Employee[3]; staff[0] = new Employee("Carl Cracker", 75000, 1987, 12, 15); staff[1] = new Employee("Harry Hacker", 50000, 1989, 10, 1); staff[2] = new Employee("Tony Tester", 40000, 1990, 3, 15); try { // save all employee records to the file employee.dat PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter("employee.dat"); writeData(staff, out); out.close(); // retrieve all records into a new array Scanner in = new Scanner(new FileReader("employee.dat")); Employee[] newStaff = readData(in); in.close(); // print the newly read employee records for (Employee e : newStaff) System.out.println(e); } catch (IOException exception) { exception.printStackTrace(); } } /** * Writes all employees in an array to a print writer * @param employees an array of employees * @param out a print writer */ private static void writeData(Employee[] employees, PrintWriter out) throws IOException { // write number of employees out.println(employees.length); for (Employee e : employees) e.writeData(out); } /** * Reads an array of employees from a scanner * @param in the scanner * @return the array of employees */ private static Employee[] readData(Scanner in) { // retrieve the array size int n = in.nextInt(); in.nextLine(); // consume newline Employee[] employees = new Employee[n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { employees[i] = new Employee(); employees[i].readData(in); } return employees; } } class Employee { public Employee() { } public Employee(String n, double s, int year, int month, int day) { name = n; salary = s; GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(year, month - 1, day); hireDay = calendar.getTime(); } public String getName() { return name; } public double getSalary() { return salary; } public Date getHireDay() { return hireDay; } public void raiseSalary(double byPercent) { double raise = salary * byPercent / 100; salary += raise; } public String toString() { return getClass().getName() + "[name=" + name + ",salary=" + salary + ",hireDay=" + hireDay + "]"; } /** * Writes employee data to a print writer * @param out the print writer */ public void writeData(PrintWriter out) { GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(); calendar.setTime(hireDay); out.println(name + "|" + salary + "|" + calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR) + "|" + (calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "|" + calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)); } /** * Reads employee data from a buffered reader * @param in the scanner */ public void readData(Scanner in) { String line = in.nextLine(); String[] tokens = line.split("\\|"); name = tokens[0]; salary = Double.parseDouble(tokens[1]); int y = Integer.parseInt(tokens[2]); int m = Integer.parseInt(tokens[3]); int d = Integer.parseInt(tokens[4]); GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(y, m - 1, d); hireDay = calendar.getTime(); } private String name; private double salary; private Date hireDay; }