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Richard Wilkman wrote:
> 
> Adam:
> 
> Couple suggestions...
> 
> Just persist to disk as a file.  Open a stream and write your data out
> by querying the objects for your value is the fast, low-tech way to do
> it.
> 
> Up a notch from that would be to have a data object that encapsulated
> all the data from the other fields and you would work with that to
> read and write.
> 

Which object/component/class should I try to make the data object from
so that the read and write procedures are already defined, and that I
don't limit the data types that it can store?


> -Rich
> 
> Adam Lubell wrote:
> >
> > I'm new at Java, and using JBuilder2.  I've gone through the provided
> > tutorials, and created few of my own simple programs.
> >
> > Now that I'm trying to write a "real program", I can't find any info on
> > the best way to approach saving data of various types.
> >
> > I need to create a form with some Edit Fields, a Grid and a TextArea.
> > My program will perform some calculations and output a report.  I know
> > how to do all of this.
> >
> > What I need to do is find a way of collecting all of the input fields
> > and save and load them from a single data file.
> > I don't need to save the answers, and I want to keep the data file as
> > small as possible.
> >
> > My thought was to use one container object and make it serializable.
> >
> > Is this the best approach?
> > Which standard component is best to use for the container?
> > Any samples, tutorials, books that give advice on how to do this?
> > What do I "search" for in the help?
> >
> > Thanks
> 
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> Rich Wilkman
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> Borland JBuilder Team
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