1. Without changing your code, you must place the file in the project’s root folder.
Otherwise, reference it as src/frp/dichromatic.dat
2. Doing something like this:
public static void main(String[] args) {
FileReader file = null;
try {
file = new FileReader(new File("dichromatic.dat"));
} catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
System.err.println("File dichromatic.dat not found!");
e1.printStackTrace();
}
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(file);
String line;
try {
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Error when reading");
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (br != null) {
try {
br.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Unexpected error");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
3. Creation of a new txt file “formatted”. In this example, the formatting will be settings the characters to uppercase.
public static void main(String[] args) {
FileReader file = null;
BufferedWriter bw = null;
File outputFile = new File("output.formatted");
try {
file = new FileReader(new File("dichromatic.dat"));
} catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
System.err.println("File dichromatic.dat not found!");
e1.printStackTrace();
}
try {
bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(outputFile));
} catch (IOException e1) {
System.err.println("File is not writtable or is not a file");
e1.printStackTrace();
}
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(file);
String line;
String lineformatted;
try {
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
lineformatted = format(line);
bw.write(lineformatted);
// if you need it
bw.newLine();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Error when processing the file!");
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (br != null) {
try {
br.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Unexpected error");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (bw != null) {
try {
bw.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Unexpected error");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
public static String format(String line) {
// replace this with your needs
return line.toUpperCase();
}