Sending file through ObjectOutputStream and then saving it in Java?

Question

I have this simple Server/Client application. I\'m trying to get the Server to send a file through an OutputStream (FileOutputStream, OutputStream, ObjectOutputStream, etc)

Answer 1

A File object represents the path to that file, not its actual content. What you should do is read the bytes from that file and send those over your ObjectOutputStream.

File f = ...
ObjectOutputStream oos = ...

byte[] content = Files.readAllBytes(f.toPath);
oos.writeObject(content);

File f=...
ObjectInputStream ois = ...

byte[] content = (byte[]) ois.readObject();
Files.write(f.toPath(), content);