C++ How to Program, 10/e

14.13 Wrap-Up

In this chapter, we presented various file-processing techniques to manipulate persistent data. We discussed both character-based and byte-based streams, and considered various file-processing class templates in header <fstream>. You learned how to use sequential file processing to manipulate records stored in order, by a record-key field. You also learned how to use random-access files to “instantly” retrieve and manipulate fixed-length records. We presented a substantial transaction-processing program using a random-access file to achieve “instant-access” processing. Finally, we discussed the basic concepts of object serialization.

We introduced the Standard Library array and vector classes in Chapter 7. In the next chapter, ...