How to write and read java serialized objects into a file

Question

I am going to write multiple objects to a file and then retrieve them in another part of my code. My code has no error, but it is not working properly. Could you please help

Answer 1

if you serialize the whole list you also have to de-serialize the file into a list when you read it back. This means that you will inevitably load in memory a big file. It can be expensive. If you have a big file, and need to chunk it line by line (-> object by object) just proceed with your initial idea.

Serialization:

LinkedList listOfObjects = ;
try {
    FileOutputStream file = new FileOutputStream();
    ObjectOutputStream writer = new ObjectOutputStream(file);
    for (YourObject obj : listOfObjects) {
        writer.writeObject(obj);
    }
    writer.close();
    file.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
    System.err.println("failed to write " + filePath + ", "+ ex);
}

De-serialization:

try {
    FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream();
    ObjectInputStream reader = new ObjectInputStream(file);
    while (true) {
        try { 
            YourObject obj = (YourObject)reader.readObject();
            System.out.println(obj)
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            System.err.println("end of reader file ");
            break;
        }
    }
} catch (Exception ex) {
    System.err.println("failed to read " + filePath + ", "+ ex);
}