A channel for a physical file: provides an efficient mechanism for reading, writing, and manipulating the file.
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] a) {
File aFile = new File("C:/myFile.text");
FileOutputStream outputFile = null; // Place to store an output stream
// reference try {
// Create the stream opened to write
outputFile = new FileOutputStream(aFile);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
System.exit(1);
}
// Get the channel for the file
FileChannel outputChannel = outputFile.getChannel();
}
}