import java.io.*;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The file we want to save.
        File f = new File("build.xml");
        try {
            // Make it into a byte array first
            FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);
            ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
            try {
                for(int readNum; (readNum = fis.read(buf)) != -1;) {
                    bos.write(buf, 0, readNum);
                    System.out.println("read " + readNum + " bytes,");
                }
                StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
                // Now we simulate making it into a String, for easier storage
                // in a database.
                for(byte b : buf) {
                    // for debugging
                    s.append(b).append(",");
                    System.out.print(b +",");
                }
                // Now we want to retrieve the file from the database as a string
                File someFile = new File("build2.xml");
                FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(someFile);
                // We count how many bytes there are in this string.
                // One byte per Token.
                StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(s.toString(),",");
                buf = new byte[st.countTokens()];
                int i = 0;
                StringBuilder t = new StringBuilder();
                // Now we parse out all Bytes from the string, and put them into
                // the prepared byte array.
                while(st.hasMoreTokens()) {
                    byte b = Byte.parseByte(st.nextToken());
                    System.out.print(b + ",");
                    buf[i] = b;
                    i++;
                    // for debugging
                    t.append(b).append(",");
                }
                // Here I print true if both strings are exactly the same
                // which they should be, which means that the bytes are intact
                // before and after conversion.
                System.out.println("\n" +(t.toString().equals(s.toString()) ? true : false));
                // Here we would make the physical file on the machine.
                fos.write(buf);
                fos.flush();
                fos.close();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(main.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(main.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }

    }
}