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1 All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance, All our ignorance brings us nearer to death, But nearness to death, no nearer to God. Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? The cycles of Heaven in twenty centuries Bring us farther from God and nearer to the Dust. - T. S. Eliot, Choruses From ‘The Rock’, Selected Poems (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964), p. 107. © Calvin College, 2009 2 File Input & Output ● ● Example Streams: – Input Streams – Output Streams – Buffering – Applications ● ● Database Management Systems Privacy © Calvin College, 2009 3 Example: Analysis ● ● We’d like to modify the guessing game so that drills students on Chinese Characters. A sketch of a solution achieving this goal is shown here. Some hint goes here (maybe an image and/or audio)… User’s guess… Give up © Calvin College, 2009 4 Example: Design ● The design includes the following classes: CharacterPanel CharacterDrillController +setImage() +setPronunciation() CharacterDrill +myAnswerIndex +myHintCount CharacterDrillTest +guess() +reset() +getHintImageFilename() +getHintPronunciationFilename() +getHintText() Character 1 * +myTranslation +myPinyin +myImageFilename +myPronunciationFilename +mySentence © Calvin College, 2009 5 Iteration 0 ● Analysis ● Design ● Implementation ● Test © Calvin College, 2009 6 Limitations of Hard-Coding Data ● Our initial iteration assumes that: – we can code the data directly in the program; – the data never (or rarely) changes; – people who change data know how to program. ● This approach does not scale well to real data-based applications. © Calvin College, 2009 7 Input & Output Streams ● Input and output in Java is accomplished using stream classes: Input Stream Program Output Stream Program © Calvin College, 2009 8 Java Streams ● Simple I/O uses predefined streams: System.in – System.out – System.err – ● Create file streams using: File – Scanner – PrintWriter – © Calvin College, 2009 9 File ● The File class models a systemindependent view of a file comprising: Filename; – Directory pathname: – • • ● Relative; Absolute. Patterns: new File(pathAndFilenameString) new File(pathnameString, filenameString) © Calvin College, 2009 10 Scanner ● The Scanner class can scan: Keyboard input stream; – File; – String. – ● Pattern: new Scanner(inputStreamOrFileOrString) ● The API includes these methods: – – – next() nextInt() nextLine() ... hasNext() hasNextInt() hasNextLine() ... close() © Calvin College, 2009 11 Iteration 1 ● Analysis ● Design ● Implementation ● Test © Calvin College, 2009 12 Example: File Input Given: the data filename and path Algorithm: Open a read stream/scanner to the given file. While the file has more tokens: Read the token. Process the token. Close the file stream/scanner. Scanner fileIn = new Scanner(new File(path, filename)); List<Integer> scores = new ArrayList<Integer>(); while (fileIn.hasNext()) scores.add(fileIn.nextInt()); fileIn.close(); System.out.println(scores); © Calvin College, 2009 14 Iteration 2 ● Analysis ● Design ● Implementation ● Test © Calvin College, 2009 15 Example: Record Input Given: the data filename and path Algorithm: Open a read stream/scanner to the given file. While the file has more lines: Read the line. Process the fixed and variant tokens. Close the file stream/scanner. ReadRecordsConsole Soldier +myName +myRank +mySerialNumber +myNicknames +Soldier(String) +toString() Scanner fileIn = new Scanner(new File(path, filename)); List<Soldier> soldiers = new ArrayList<Soldier>(); while (fileIn.hasNextLine()) soldiers.add(new Soldier(fileIn.nextLine())); fileIn.close(); for (int i = 0; i < soldiers.size(); i++) System.out.println(soldiers.get(i)); © Calvin College, 2009 16 Example: Record Input (cont.) public class Soldier { private String myName, myRank, mySerialNumber; private List<String> myNickNames; public Soldier(String line) { Scanner scanner = new Scanner(line); myName = scanner.next(); myRank = scanner.next(); mySerialNumber = scanner.next(); myNickNames = new ArrayList<String>(); while (scanner.hasNext()) { myNickNames.add(scanner.next()); } scanner.close(); } // other code... } © Calvin College, 2009 21 PrintWriter ● ● The PrintWriter class can print formatted text to a text-output stream. Pattern: new PrintWriter(outputFile) ● The API includes these methods: print() println() ... – printf() – close() flush() – © Calvin College, 2009 22 Iteration 3 ● Analysis ● Design ● Implementation ● Test © Calvin College, 2009 23 Example: Record Output Given: the output filename and path Algorithm: Open a print writer stream to the given file. Loop forever: Prompt for and read a line of data. If the line is the sentinel Quit. else Output the line. Close the file stream/scanner. © Calvin College, 2009 24 Example: Record Output (cont.) PrintWriter fileOut = new PrintWriter(new File(path, filename)); String line = ""; while (true) { System.out.print("enter record (just enter to quit): "); line = keyboard.nextLine(); if (line.equals("")) { break; } else { fileOut.println(line); } } fileOut.close(); System.out.println("data stored to: " + path + filename); © Calvin College, 2009 26 Buffering ● I/O is slow relative to processing speed, so it is generally buffered. Input Stream buffer Program Output Stream buffer Program © Calvin College, 2009 27 Java Buffering ● ● ● Buffering can be added to file streams to improve the efficiency of I/O operations. A buffer is a memory area that stores up input/output data so that it can be input/output all at once. Patterns: new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileNamePath)); new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(fileNamePath)); © Calvin College, 2009 28 Uses for File I/O ● Using simple text files is unusual, but they are used, e.g.: – Log files; – Configuration files. ● Applications are more likely to use: – Database management systems; – XML files; – Lexing and parsing tools. © Calvin College, 2009 29 Data Management ● ● Storing, retrieving and manipulating data sets Database are very common problems. Files Database Management Records Systems are designed Fields to address these Characters/Strings/Integers problems. Bits © Calvin College, 2009 30 The Relational Data Model ● ● Most current DBMSs use the relational data model. Relational models separate the structure of the data from the data itself. Schema: Data: Field Field Type Name Rank Serial Number name String Joe Colonel 1425321 rank String Mary Lieutenant 8375679 serialNumber String Bob Private 2367532 © Calvin College, 2009 31 Structured Query Language ● ● SQL is the standard query language for relational databases. Example: SQL> SELECT name, rank FROM SoldierTable WHERE ID > 2000000; NAME --------Mary Bob RANK -------Lieutenant Private © Calvin College, 2009 32 Edgar F. Codd (1923-2003) Relational Data Model ● ● Codd developed the relational model in the early 1970s. Included features for: – Data definition – Data queries ● Most current database systems use the relational model. image from wikipedia, June, 2006 © Calvin College, 2009 33 Privacy ● What’s the Big Idea Database systems allow us to build and maintain large data sets: – This can be useful for many applications. – It can also be dangerous. ● Guidelines: – Collect only what you need to collect. – Have a clear policy on what information is collected and on how it is used. – Keep the data accurate and secure. © Calvin College, 2009