Thread: Help with File Processing

my code is compiling but it won't run. can someone help me with this? i've been having trouble for days. my instructor said that

Student[] studs = new Student[Integer.parseInt(fr.nextLine())];

the nextLine() is not compatible with the parseInt but i have no idea what to change on that line. any suggestions?

 import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.*;
 
public class SampleFileProcessing implements Serializable{
	private static Scanner fr;
 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
       	SampleFileProcessing tfr = new SampleFileProcessing();
 
       	tfr.run();
    }
 
    private static void run() throws IOException {
    	// To read the input file
    		fr = new Scanner (new File("students.csv"));
 
    	// Read the first line of the text file as basis for the number
    	// of elements for the array of Students to be declared
    	Student[] studs = new Student[Integer.parseInt(fr.nextLine())];
    	int index = 0;
 
    	// Read each of the records contained in the text file
    	// and store them into the elements of the array
    	while (fr.hasNextLine()){
    		String[] temp = fr.nextLine().split(",");
 
    		// Store the values to the following variables
    		String id = temp[0];
			String lastName = temp[1];
    		String firstName = temp[2];
    		String middleInit = temp[3];
    		String course = temp[4];
    		int year = Integer.parseInt(temp[5]);
 
    		// Use the values in instantiating Student object
    		studs[index] = new Student(id, lastName, firstName, middleInit, course, year);
    		// Alternatively, the previous lines can be shortened
    		// using the statement below:
    		// studs[index] = new Student(temp[0], temp[1], Integer.parseInt(temp[2]),
    		//                           Integer.parseInt(temp[3]));
 
 
    	}
 
    	// output
    	printToScreen(studs);
    	printToFile(studs);
    }
 
    private static void printToScreen(Student[] st) {
    	// To output the array objects (screen) using the enhanced for statement
    	for (Student s: st) {
    		System.out.println(s); // toString() method is called automatically
    	}
    }
 
    private static void printToFile(Student[] s) throws IOException {
    	// To output records in an output file: output.txt
    	ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("student.dat"));
 
    	//write object to output file
    	oos.writeObject(s);
 
    	//close file
    	oos.close();
 
    	// open created file as input file...
		ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("student.dat"));
 
		// read object data from file into object variable (note the type cast)...
		try{
			Student s2 = (Student) ois.readObject();
			System.out.println(s2);
		} catch (Exception i) {
			i.printStackTrace();
		}
 
 
		// close input file...
		ois.close();
 
		// verify read data...
		//ystem.out.println(s2);
 
    	//PrintWriter outFile = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("output.txt"));
 
    	/*for (int i = 0; i < s.length; i++){
    		outFile.println("ID: " + s[i].getID());
    		outFile.println("Name: " + s[i].getLastName() + ", " + s[i].getFirstName() + " " + s[i].getMiddleInit() + ".");;
    		outFile.println("Course and Year: " + s[i].getCourse());
    		outFile.println("================================");
    	}
    	outFile.close();
    	*/
    }
 
}

What does the first line of the data file look like?

like this

2123259,AVILA,JEREMY RAYMUND,T,BSIT,1

So this part:

Integer.parseInt(fr.nextLine())

of the statement:

Student[] studs = new Student[Integer.parseInt(fr.nextLine())];

is attempting to convert the whole first line of the file, which is this:

2123259,AVILA,JEREMY RAYMUND,T,BSIT,1

to an integer, and it's complaining (as it should).

Review your code comment:

// Read the first line of the text file as basis for the number
// of elements for the array of Students to be declared

Is the first line of the data file that you posted going to tell you how many Students to create? No. Is that first line missing, or is the file right and the code comment wrong?

Okay, so I've changed the line

Student[] studs = new Student[Integer.parseInt(fr.nextLine())];

to a more straight forward revision just to see what happens like ... = new Student[107]; and now I'm getting this kind of results

Student ID: 2115232
Student name: VILLANUEVA, SHEENA M.
CourseBSIT-0
null
null
null
null
null
java.lang.ClassCastException: [LStudent; cannot be cast to Student
at SampleFileProcessing.printToFile(SampleFileProcess ing.java:72)
at SampleFileProcessing.run(SampleFileProcessing.java :47)
at SampleFileProcessing.main(SampleFileProcessing.jav a:10)

but I don't know why..

The error refers to a cast of LStudent to a Student, as in:

LStudent lStudent = new LStudent();
Student student = (Student)lStudent;

What's LStudent? Did you rename the Student class as part of your versioning scheme and forget to change a statement like this one:

Student s2 = (Student) ois.readObject();