Writing an integer to a file

[plook]

Hi there,

I hope everyone here is doing great. I am looking for some hints.

In the class I am making, I have the following code :

if(counter==3)
{
WriteIntByByte(some_integer);
System.out.println("test");
}

And WriteIntByByte is this :
static void WriteIntByByte( int x ) throws IOException
{
int [] mask = { 0xff000000, 0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00,0x000000ff };
for (int i = 0; i<4; i++) ous.write((mask & x) >>> (24 - 8*i));
}

All what WriteIntByByte does is to take 4 bytes and make one Integer using bitwise operators. Then write it using BufferedOutputStream.

When I do like this :
if(counter==3)
{
WriteIntByByte(some_integer);
System.out.println("test");
}
//That displays "test" on the screen, but does not write anything

When I try this :

WriteIntByByte(some_integer);
if(counter==3)
{
System.out.println("test");
}
//That displays "test" and write to the file.

So, trying to write inside the if does not work, while outside does. Ok fine, so I tried

if(counter>0)
{
WriteIntByByte(some_integer);
System.out.println("test");
}
//That works, prints "test" and write to the file.

But...
if(counter>1)
{
WriteIntByByte(some_integer);
System.out.println("test");
}
//That does not work: only prints "test".

Maybe it's because I don't have a lot of experience in Java, but that seems weird to me. I mean, sometimes it does into the if, runs the second statement, but not the first one.

Any suggestion or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Dominic

 

[stefanwagner]

Do you do an ous.flush (); somewhere?

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[plook]

Thanks for your reply stefanwagner,

This is exactly what I needed to add. Thank you !

I did not know I had to have a flush(), I thought a close() was doing the same thing.

Thanks again, I really did not know what was the problem.

Dominic