problem in canRead and canWrite

[saivenkat venkatesan]

I have two programs.

FileWriterUtil.java
-write data into local txt file
FileReaderUtilNew.java
- read the data from the above same txt file.

While FileWriterUtil is writing, FileReaderUtilNew has to wait till that writing process completely written.

i am cheking the above scenario(whether completely written or not) by using canRead and canWrite methods. But both methods are giving output as "true" while FileWriterUtil is writing


System.out.println("can Read value--->"+fname.canRead()); "true"
System.out.println("can write value"+fname.canWrite()); "true"

if(fname.canRead()){

br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fname));
String a= br.readLine();
}else{
System.out.println("Other Process writing into this file..please wait..");
}



Please advice me why it so.?how can i come to know whether writing process completely finished or not ?

[Purushoth Thambu]

If you open a file in write mode you can also read from it. What you need to do is check for canWrite() in FileReaderUtilNew.java. Only one process can hold the write handle.