Lesson: Files and File Input/output

Overview: 
Short discussion of using data files and doing input/output in Java. As file I/O is rarely used in the robotics we are targeting, this is a minimal discussion.
Objectives: 

Understand how input/output with disk files fits into robotics programming and where to go for more information.

 

Content: 

Writing data to and reading data from disk files is a common activity for Java programs in many situations. However, file input/output (I/O) is rarely used in the programs created for robots on the platforms we are working with. As such, and given that file I/O is a large and complex topic, it is not going to be covered here. For those who are interested, here are some resources where you can learn more:

File I/O in Java is done with classes available in the java.io package. You can read about it here and many other places on the web. A newer package of I/O classes was released with Java 7 called java.nio.file and you can read the official documentation here.

 

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