import java.io.*; public class FileReader { public static void main(String[] args) { try { long dataPosition = 0; int data = 0; RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile("datafile", "r"); //Get the position of the data to read. dataPosition = raf.readLong(); //Go to that position. raf.seek(dataPosition); //Read the data. data = raf.readInt(); raf.close(); //Tell the world. System.out.println("The data is: " + data); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { System.err.println("This shouldn't happen: " + e); } catch (IOException e) { System.err.println("Writing error: " + e); } } }