15. Files, Streams and Object Serialization
Consciousness ... does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. ... A “river” or a “stream” are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described.
—William James
Objectives
In this chapter you’ll:
Create, read, write and update files.
Retrieve information about files and directories using features of the NIO.2 APIs.
Learn the differences between text files and binary files.
Use class Formatter to ...
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