Hi All,

I am attempting to write data into a file and read it
back again.

The error occurs with reading the data file back,
or so it would appear as the current output of that
data is merely a column of null.

Your help is appreciated.
bH

import java.io.*;

public class Example4withIO {
 String[][] tmp_array = new String [5][5] ;

 public static void main(String[] args) {
   new Example4withIO();
 }
 public Example4withIO() {
     // final String[] names = {"First Name",
     // "Last Name", "Favorite Color",
     // "Favorite Number", "Vegetarian"};
     final Object[][] data = {
       {"Mark", "Andrews", "Red", new Integer(2),
         Boolean.TRUE},
       {"Tom", "Ball", "Blue", new Integer(99),
         Boolean.FALSE},
       {"Alan", "Chung", "Green", new Integer(838),
         Boolean.FALSE},
       {"Jeff", "Dinkins", "Turquois", new Integer(8),
        Boolean.TRUE},
       {"Amy", "Fowler", "Yellow", new Integer(3),
        Boolean.FALSE},
     };
     try {
       FileOutputStream f_out = new FileOutputStream
       ("C:\\myarray.data");
       ObjectOutputStream obj_out =
       new ObjectOutputStream (f_out);
       obj_out.writeObject(data);
       obj_out.flush();
       obj_out.close();
     }
     catch (IOException e)
     {
       System.out.println("error obj_out");
     }
     // end saving data
     // attempting to recover the data
     try {
       BufferedReader obj_in =
       new BufferedReader(new FileReader
       ("C:\\myarray.data"));
       tmp_array.equals (obj_in);
       obj_in.close();
     }
     catch (Exception eerr){
       System.out.println("error getting in");
     }
     for(int ib=0;ib<5;ib++) {
       for(int cb=0;cb<5;cb++) {
         System.out.println(tmp_array[ib][cb]);
       }
     }//end recover of data
   }
  }