FileNotFound Exception - try,catch

Question

Hi,
I am having the following problem:
Original working code:
public String[] SomeMethod(){
filename = dirname + ...blah blah blah..;
return filename;
New code:
public String[] SomeMethod(){
filename = dirname + ...blah blah blah..;
try{
Here I am opening the file with name filename and I am appending to it using another file. Also I am closing those files...
}catch(IOException e){
System.out.println("xyz.....blah blah");
return filename;
The only thing I added was the try block. And now it is not able to access that file which is being returned by the method. When I checked the file, it is getting appended. So, the code I added in the try block is working, but somehow the file is not accessible after the method gets executed. Any help? Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi,
I am posting the method so that it will be more clear. I did not post previously bcos people might get confused seeing what the method does.
public String[] getDataSources()
          String datadir = (String)args.get("datadir");
          if(datadir == null)
               return super.getDataSources();
          String fileNames[] = new String[1];
          SimpleDateFormat fileDF = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMdd");
          Calendar feedDate = (Calendar)fireDate.clone();
          String dateOffsetStr = (String)args.get("dateoffset");
          if(dateOffsetStr != null)
               int dateOffset = new Integer(dateOffsetStr).intValue();
               feedDate.add(Calendar.DATE, dateOffset);
          Calendar tmpDate = (Calendar)feedDate.clone();
          tmpDate.add(Calendar.DATE, -6);
          fileNames[0] = "'" + datadir + File.separatorChar + "''FEED." + fileDF.format(tmpDate.getTime()).toUpperCase() + ".";
          tmpDate.add(Calendar.DATE, 6);
          fileNames[0] += fileDF.format(tmpDate.getTime()).toUpperCase() + "'''";
/****** NOTE: The above fileName gives something like: '/path/to/file/''filename''' - please don't worry about it. That is correct... this format is sent to another file where it is actually parsed to get the correct file name and blah blah blah... To tell you in short this code works fine without the block of code I added.. which is shown below: ********/
//****************** New code ********************
          String ods_file_name,op_file_name;
          Calendar fileDate = (Calendar)feedDate.clone();
          //File1 Name format Ex: 'FEED.MAY31.JUN06'
          //File2 Name format Ex: 'FEED_ODS.MAY31.JUN06'
          fileDate.add(Calendar.DATE, -6);
          op_file_name = datadir + File.separatorChar + "'FEED." + fileDF.format(fileDate.getTime()).toUpperCase() + ".";
          ods_file_name = datadir + File.separatorChar + "'FEED_ODS." + fileDF.format(fileDate.getTime()).toUpperCase() + ".";
          fileDate.add(Calendar.DATE, 6);
          op_file_name += fileDF.format(fileDate.getTime()).toUpperCase() + "'";
          ods_file_name += fileDF.format(fileDate.getTime()).toUpperCase() + "'";
     try{
          File ods_file = new File(ods_file_name);
          int len_ods_file = (int)ods_file.length();
          byte[ ] buffer = new byte[len_ods_file];
          FileInputStream ods_inp = new FileInputStream(ods_file_name);
          ods_inp.read(buffer, 0, len_ods_file);
          ods_inp.close();
          ods_file = null;
          FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(op_file_name,true);
          out.write(buffer);
          out.close();
          return fileNames;
     }catch(IOException e){
          System.out.println("OP or ODS File not found");
// ************* New code end **********************
          return fileNames;
     }