Creating Binary Files in Java

Question

Does anyone know how to create a binary file in Java.
in C i can do an fopen("filename" , "rb") i cannot find a equivalent java binary file stream.
Thanks

Answer 1

The following code is part of my FileIO applet. This method allows the user to download any file from my server and save it on his/her disk, the download is accomplished by doing a byte-read and byte-write (byte mover as I'd call it). This example illustrates how you can read and write binary files in Java:
   public void aok_DownLoad(String inputFile, String outputFile) {
      try {
         URL url=new URL(inputFile);
         InputStream in;
         in=url.openStream();
         BufferedInputStream reader=new BufferedInputStream(in,4096);
         FileOutputStream out=new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
         BufferedOutputStream writer=new BufferedOutputStream(out,4096);
         byte[] buf=new byte[4096];
         int byteRead;
         while ((byteRead=reader.read(buf,0,4096))>=0) {writer.write(buf,0,byteRead);}
         reader.close();
         writer.flush();
         writer.close();
      catch (Throwable exception) {
         exception.printStackTrace();
   }V.V.
PS: in this posting the code is posted in a different manner so that the > sign is not converted to & gt ; by the forum's software