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java howto load and save a ArrayList object

I've pair the code down to the methods I am having a problem, with. It 'seems' to work until I try to load the file again, and it comes up with nothing in it. (I have not fully understood how to clear the ArrayList before performing the 2nd load, but that is for later).
I am sorry if this is hidden somewhere under some other nomenclature I also have not learned yet, but this is a project that is due tomorrow and I am at my wit's end.
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class MainATM3 {
public static ArrayList<ClientAccount> accounts = new ArrayList<ClientAccount>();
public static ClientAccount editBankAccount = new ClientAccount("placeholder",1234,1);;
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create ATM account ArrayList
ArrayList<ClientAccount> accounts = new ArrayList<ClientAccount>();
// Get Account data from files
initialLoadATMAccounts(accounts);
System.out.println("Loaded "+accounts.size());
System.out.println("before Array "+(accounts.size()));
accounts.add(0,new ClientAccount("Jess",500,1830));
accounts.add(1,new ClientAccount("Mary",1111.11,7890));
System.out.println("after Array "+(accounts.size()));
saveATMAccounts(accounts);
System.out.println("saved "+(accounts.size()));
initialLoadATMAccounts(accounts);
System.out.println("Loaded "+accounts.size());
System.out.println("Logged Out");
}
// Save ArrayList of ATM Objects //call by: saveATMAccounts(accounts);
public static void saveATMAccounts(ArrayList<ClientAccount> saveAccounts) {
FileOutputStream fout = null;
ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
try{
fout=new FileOutputStream("ATMAccounts.sav");
oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fout);
oos.writeObject(accounts);
System.out.println("objects written "+(accounts.size()));
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (fout != null) {
try {
fout.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (oos != null) {
try {
oos.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
// INITIAL Load ArrayList of ATM Objects //call by: initialLoadATMAccounts(accounts);
public static void initialLoadATMAccounts(ArrayList<ClientAccount> loadAccounts){
FileInputStream fIS = null;
ObjectInputStream oIS = null;
try{
fIS=new FileInputStream("ATMAccounts.sav");
oIS = new ObjectInputStream(fIS);
ArrayList<ClientAccount> loadAccounts = (ArrayList<ClientAccount>) oIS.readObject();
oIS.close();
fIS.close();
}
catch(Exception exc){
exc.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
import java.io.Serializable;
public class ClientAccount implements Serializable {
public String accountName;
public double accountBalance;
public int accountPIN;
public ClientAccount(String accountName, double accountBalance, int accountPIN){
this.accountName=accountName;
this.accountBalance=accountBalance;
this.accountPIN=accountPIN;
}
// Account Name Methods
public String getAccountName() {
return accountName;
}
public void setAccountName(String name) {
accountName = name;
}
// Account Balance Methods
public double getAccountBalance() {
return accountBalance;
}
public void setAccountBalance(double balance) {
accountBalance = balance;
}
// PIN Methods
public int getAccountPIN() {
return accountPIN;
}
public void setAccountPIN(int newPIN) {
accountPIN = newPIN;
}
}

Instead of passing the desired array to initialLoadATMAccounts as param you should return the new, loaded array:
public static List<ClientAccount> initialLoadATMAccounts(){
FileInputStream fIS = null;
ObjectInputStream oIS = null;
try{
fIS=new FileInputStream("ATMAccounts.sav");
oIS = new ObjectInputStream(fIS);
ArrayList<ClientAccount> loadAccounts = (ArrayList<ClientAccount>) oIS.readObject();
oIS.close();
fIS.close();
return loadAccounts;
}
catch(Exception exc){
exc.printStackTrace();
}
}
BTW: A IDE like eclipse would have issued a warning where you overwrite the param loadAccounts.

Another serialization issue

I'm stuck trying to deserialize a list of Scores. I spent my entire day searching here but couldn't find a solution.. My code looks something like this:
public class Score implements Comparable<Score>, Serializable {
private String name;
private int score;
// .......
}
public class MySortedList<T> extends...implements...,Serializable {
private ArrayList<T> list;
// ....
}
public class ScoreManager {
private final String FILEPATH;
private final String FILENAME = "highscores.ser";
private MySortedList<Score> scoreList;
public ScoreManager() {
File workingFolder = new File("src\\games\\serialized");
if (!workingFolder.exists()) {
workingFolder.mkdir();
}
FILEPATH = workingFolder.getAbsolutePath();
if ((scoreList = loadScores()) == null) {
scoreList = new MySortedList<Score>();
}
}
public void addScore(Score score) {
scoreList.add(score);
saveScores();
}
public MySortedList<Score> getScoreList() {
return scoreList;
}
private void saveScores() {
try (ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(new File(FILEPATH, FILENAME)))) {
out.writeObject(scoreList);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private MySortedList<Score> loadScores() {
try (ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(new File(FILEPATH, FILENAME)))) {
return (MySortedList<Score>) in.readObject();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}
The loadScores() method returns just an empty MySortedList everytime.
However program succesfully creates the highscores.ser file in the correct place and I have absolutely no errors. Score objects are added correctly to the MySortedList object.
Any ideas? Perhaps worth mentioning that this is a part of a bigger program made in Swing. the methods in the ScoreManager class is called when the player dies

only if it can help, this code is working for me:
class Score implements Comparable<Score>, Serializable{
private int point;
public Score(int point) {
this.point = point;
}
public int getPoint(){
return point;
}
#Override
public int compareTo(Score o) {
if (o.getPoint() == this.getPoint())
return 0;
return this.point < o.getPoint() ? - 1 : 1;
}
public String toString() {
return "points: " + point;
}
}
class MyList<T> implements Serializable {
private ArrayList<T> list = new ArrayList<>();
public void add(T e){
list.add(e);
}
public void show() {
System.out.println(list);
}
}
public class Main {
File workingFolder;
String FILEPATH;
private final String FILENAME = "highscores.ser";
MyList<Score> list = new MyList<>();
public static void main(String[] args) {
Main main = new Main();
main.createFolder();
main.addItems();
main.saveScores();
MyList<Score> tempList = main.loadScores();
tempList.show();
main.addMoreItems();
main.saveScores();
tempList = main.loadScores();
tempList.show();
}
private void addItems() {
Score sc = new Score(10);
list.add(sc);
}
private void addMoreItems() {
Score sc1 = new Score(20);
list.add(sc1);
Score sc2 = new Score(30);
list.add(sc2);
}
private void createFolder() {
workingFolder = new File("src\\games\\serialized");
if (!workingFolder.exists()) {
workingFolder.mkdir();
}
FILEPATH = workingFolder.getAbsolutePath();
}
private void saveScores() {
System.out.println("before save: " + list);
try (ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(new File(FILEPATH, FILENAME)))) {
out.writeObject(list);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
}
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private MyList<Score> loadScores() {
try (ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(new File(FILEPATH, FILENAME)))) {
return (MyList<Score>) in.readObject();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}

Telegram API : How keep ApiState to save signIn state

I used telegram api from this source :
https://github.com/voleon/telegram-trivia-bot
But my problem is , how keep the user signed in.
Because after the App stop need user renter Mobile phone and get activation code from SMS message.
I have implemented Serializable for saving ApiState object. but this method not solved my problem.
this is the code for my ApiState :
package engine;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import org.telegram.api.TLConfig;
import org.telegram.api.TLDcOption;
import org.telegram.api.engine.storage.AbsApiState;
import org.telegram.mtproto.state.AbsMTProtoState;
import org.telegram.mtproto.state.ConnectionInfo;
import org.telegram.mtproto.state.KnownSalt;
/**
* Created by ex3ndr on 13.01.14.
*/
public class MemoryApiState implements AbsApiState,java.io.Serializable {
public HashMap<Integer, ConnectionInfo[]> connections = new HashMap<Integer, ConnectionInfo[]>();
private HashMap<Integer, byte[]> keys = new HashMap<Integer, byte[]>();
private HashMap<Integer, Boolean> isAuth = new HashMap<Integer, Boolean>();
private int primaryDc = 1;
public MemoryApiState(boolean isTest) {
connections.put(1, new ConnectionInfo[]{
new ConnectionInfo(1, 0, isTest ? "149.154.167.40" : "149.154.167.50", 443)
});
}
#Override
public synchronized int getPrimaryDc() {
return primaryDc;
}
#Override
public synchronized void setPrimaryDc(int dc) {
primaryDc = dc;
}
#Override
public synchronized boolean isAuthenticated(int dcId) {
if (isAuth.containsKey(dcId)) {
return isAuth.get(dcId);
}
return false;
}
#Override
public synchronized void setAuthenticated(int dcId, boolean auth) {
isAuth.put(dcId, auth);
}
#Override
public synchronized void updateSettings(TLConfig config) {
connections.clear();
HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<ConnectionInfo>> tConnections = new HashMap<Integer, ArrayList<ConnectionInfo>>();
int id = 0;
for (TLDcOption option : config.getDcOptions()) {
if (!tConnections.containsKey(option.getId())) {
tConnections.put(option.getId(), new ArrayList<ConnectionInfo>());
}
tConnections.get(option.getId()).add(new ConnectionInfo(id++, 0, option.getIpAddress(), option.getPort()));
}
for (Integer dc : tConnections.keySet()) {
connections.put(dc, tConnections.get(dc).toArray(new ConnectionInfo[0]));
}
}
#Override
public synchronized byte[] getAuthKey(int dcId) {
return keys.get(dcId);
}
#Override
public synchronized void putAuthKey(int dcId, byte[] key) {
keys.put(dcId, key);
}
#Override
public synchronized ConnectionInfo[] getAvailableConnections(int dcId) {
if (!connections.containsKey(dcId)) {
return new ConnectionInfo[0];
}
return connections.get(dcId);
}
#Override
public synchronized AbsMTProtoState getMtProtoState(final int dcId) {
return new AbsMTProtoState() {
private KnownSalt[] knownSalts = new KnownSalt[0];
#Override
public byte[] getAuthKey() {
return MemoryApiState.this.getAuthKey(dcId);
}
#Override
public ConnectionInfo[] getAvailableConnections() {
return MemoryApiState.this.getAvailableConnections(dcId);
}
#Override
public KnownSalt[] readKnownSalts() {
return knownSalts;
}
#Override
protected void writeKnownSalts(KnownSalt[] salts) {
knownSalts = salts;
}
};
}
#Override
public synchronized void resetAuth() {
isAuth.clear();
}
#Override
public synchronized void reset() {
isAuth.clear();
keys.clear();
}
public void saveObject()
{
try
{
FileOutputStream fileOut =
new FileOutputStream("apistate3.tmp");
ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(fileOut);
out.writeObject(this);
out.close();
fileOut.close();
System.out.printf("Serialized data is saved");
}catch(IOException i)
{
i.printStackTrace();
}
}
public MemoryApiState readObject()
{
try
{
FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream("apistate3.tmp");
ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fileIn);
MemoryApiState obj = (MemoryApiState) in.readObject();
in.close();
fileIn.close();
return obj;
}catch(IOException i)
{
i.printStackTrace();
return null;
}catch(ClassNotFoundException c)
{
System.out.println("Employee class not found");
c.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
}

hi : you can save state in file with any extension as follow:
private void SaveState(String fileName, MemoryApiState mas)
{
try
{
FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(fileName + ".sta");
ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(fileOut);
out.writeObject(mas);
out.close();
fileOut.close();
}
catch (IOException i)
{
i.printStackTrace();
}
}
and than load saved state from file as follow :
private MemoryApiState LoadState(String fileName)
{
try
{
FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(fileName + ".sta");
ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fileIn);
MemoryApiState mas = (MemoryApiState)in.readObject();
in.close();
fileIn.close();
return mas;
}
catch (IOException i)
{
return null;
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException c)
{
c.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}

ObjectInputStream[Java]

i'm new to file i/o so i'm sorry if this is a pretty bad question.
Currently I have an add method/main method and a person class my outputstream is working fine in the add method: This is at the top of the method
FileOutputStream myFile = null;
try {
myFile = new FileOutputStream("txt123.txt");
} catch (FileNotFoundException e2) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e2.printStackTrace();
}
ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
try {
oos = new ObjectOutputStream(myFile);
} catch (IOException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}
And I then have this twice because there are two types of people that can be added
oos.writeObject(person);
oos.close();
System.out.println("Done");
So my question, how do i get the input working and finally where do i put it, in the add method or the main method, I read how to do what i done here: http://www.mkyong.com/java/how-to-write-an-object-to-file-in-java/
He also has a guide on reading in the objects but I cant seem to get it working
Thanks!

You would be reading the file you just created like this:
ObjectInputStream in =
new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("txt123.txt"));
// terrible file name, because this is binary data, not text
try{
Person person = (Person) in.readObject();
finally{
in.close();
}

You can combine the ObjectOutputStream with the FileOutputStream as follows. I'm also guessing you need to place the read/write code in one place to allow re-use. Here's a simple example with the read/write in a DAO.
public static class Person implements Serializable {
private String name;
public Person(String name) {
super();
this.name = name;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return name;
}
}
public static class PersonDao {
public void write(Person person, File file) throws IOException {
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(
new FileOutputStream(file));
oos.writeObject(person);
oos.close();
}
public Person read(File file) throws IOException,
ClassNotFoundException {
ObjectInputStream oos = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(
file));
Person returnValue = (Person) oos.readObject();
oos.close();
return returnValue;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
ClassNotFoundException {
PersonDao personDao = new PersonDao();
Person alice = new Person("alice");
personDao.write(alice, new File("alice.bin"));
Person bob = new Person("bob");
personDao.write(bob, new File("bob.bin"));
System.out.println(personDao.read(new File("alice.bin")));
System.out.println(personDao.read(new File("bob.bin")));
}

Load/Store Objects in file in Java

I want to store an object from my class in file, and after that to be able to load the object from this file. But somewhere I am making a mistake(s) and cannot figure out where. May I receive some help?
public class GameManagerSystem implements GameManager, Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -5966618586666474164L;
HashMap<Game, GameStatus> games;
HashMap<Ticket, ArrayList<Object>> baggage;
HashSet<Ticket> bookedTickets;
Place place;
public GameManagerSystem(Place place) {
super();
this.games = new HashMap<Game, GameStatus>();
this.baggage = new HashMap<Ticket, ArrayList<Object>>();
this.bookedTickets = new HashSet<Ticket>();
this.place = place;
}
public static GameManager createManagerSystem(Game at) {
return new GameManagerSystem(at);
}
public boolean store(File f) {
try {
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(f);
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
oos.writeObject(games);
oos.writeObject(bookedTickets);
oos.writeObject(baggage);
oos.close();
fos.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
public boolean load(File f) {
try {
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);
ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
this.games = (HashMap<Game,GameStatus>)ois.readObject();
this.bookedTickets = (HashSet<Ticket>)ois.readObject();
this.baggage = (HashMap<Ticket,ArrayList<Object>>)ois.readObject();
ois.close();
fis.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
return false;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
.
.
.
}
public class JUnitDemo {
GameManager manager;
#Before
public void setUp() {
manager = GameManagerSystem.createManagerSystem(Place.ENG);
}
#Test
public void testStore() {
Game g = new Game(new Date(), Teams.LIONS, Teams.SHARKS);
manager.registerGame(g);
File file = new File("file.ser");
assertTrue(airport.store(file));
}
}

The solution of this problem is that when you are using other objects, let say class A, into a collection like HashMap and want to serialize the HashMap object, then implement the interface Serializable for class A like this:
class A implements Serializable {
}
...
HashMap<Integer,A> hmap;
...
Otherwise that object will not be serializable.
I hope it will solve this problem now.

Try oos.flush() before you close it.

Please remenber that the whole object graph is persisted during serialize. If you have some references to GUI classes for example, you either have to make them serializable, too, or tag them as "transient", so Java won't serialize them.