How do I convert decimal to binary?

In this example you will learn how to convert decimal number to binary number. To convert decimal number to binary we can use Integer.toBinaryString() method. This method takes a single parameter of integer and return a string that represent the equal binary number.

If you want to convert the other way around, from binary string to decimal, you can use the Integer.parseInt() method. This method takes two parameters. First, the string that represents a binary number to be parsed. The second parameter is the radix to be used while parsing, in case for binary number the radix is 2.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class IntegerToBinaryExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int integer = 127;
        String binary = Integer.toBinaryString(integer);
        System.out.println("Binary value of " + integer + " is "
                + binary + ".");

        int original = Integer.parseInt(binary, 2);
        System.out.println("Integer value of binary '" + binary
                + "' is " + original + ".");
    }

}

Here is the result of our program.

Binary value of 127 is 1111111.
Integer value of binary '1111111' is 127.

How do I get file size in Java?

This example will show you how to get the size of a file. To obtain the size of a file you can use the File‘s length() method. The length() method return the file size in bytes.

package org.kodejava.io;

import java.io.File;

public class FileSize {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        File file = new File("README.md");

        // Get the size of a file in bytes.
        long fileSize = file.length();

        // Using Java printf() method to print the file size
        System.out.printf("File size: %,d bytes.%n", fileSize);
    }
}

This will print something like:

File size: 51,981 bytes.

If you want to format the file size in Kilobytes, Megabytes or Gigabytes check the following example How do I create a human-readable file size?.

How do I get file’s last modification date?

To get file last modification date we can use the lastModified() method of the File class. This method returns a long value. After getting this value you can create an instance of java.util.Date class and pass this value as the parameter. This Date will hold the file’s last modification date.

package org.kodejava.io;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;

public class FileLastModificationDate {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Create an instance of file object.
        File file = new File("README.md");
        if (file.exists()) {
            // Get the last modification information.
            long lastModified = file.lastModified();

            // Create a new date object and pass last modified
            // information to the date object.
            Date date = new Date(lastModified);

            // We know when the last time the file was modified.
            System.out.println(date);
        }
    }
}

How do I convert decimal to hexadecimal?

To convert decimal number (base 10) to hexadecimal number (base 16) we can use the Integer.toHexString() method. This method takes an integer as parameter and return a string that represent the number in hexadecimal.

To convert back the number from hexadecimal to decimal number we can use the Integer.parseInt() method. This method takes two argument, the number to be converted, which is the string that represent a hexadecimal number. The second argument is the radix, we pass 16 which tell the method if the string is a hexadecimal number.

package org.kodejava.lang;

public class ToHexadecimalExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Converting a decimal value to its hexadecimal representation 
        // can be done using Integer.toHexString() method.
        System.out.println(Integer.toHexString(1976));

        // On the other hand to convert hexadecimal string to decimal
        // we can use Integer.parseInt(string, radix) method, 
        // where radix for hexadecimal is 16.
        System.out.println(Integer.parseInt("7b8", 16));
    }
}

How do I read image file?

Here you see a code sample to read an image file. This code will work either the image file is located in a file folder or inside a jar file. You can use javax.imageio.ImageIO class to read the image file.

package org.kodejava.awt;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

public class ReadingImage {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ReadingImage demo = new ReadingImage();
        demo.getImage();
    }

    public void getImage() {
        try {
            InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/kodejava.png");
            BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(is);

            // Do something with the image.
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}