I want to read a file piece by piece. The file is split up into several pieces which are stored on different types of media. What I currently do is call each seperate piece of the file and then merge it back to the original file.
The issue is that I need to wait until all the chunks arrive before I can play/open the file. Is it possible to read the chunks as they are arriving as opposed to waiting for them to all arrive.
I am working on media file (movie file).
See InputSteram.read(byte[]) for reading bytes at a time.
Example code:
try {
File file = new File("myFile");
FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
byte[] chunk = new byte[1024];
int chunkLen = 0;
while ((chunkLen = is.read(chunk)) != -1) {
// your code..
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException fnfE) {
// file not found, handle case
} catch (IOException ioE) {
// problem reading, handle case
}