Saving a list of points into a text file

Question

I recently posted a question about this, but was not really sure where to go. I've gotten some progress, and have generated some simple noise here:

http://pastie.org/5408655

That works well enough for me, but I would really like to be able to save the points into an ascii text file. currently it's formatted so that something like this:

11111111

11111111

11111111

11111111

would create a square. I need to save in this format with the points(and lines connecting them) generated in the method above.

Essentially, I need to write the array of points created in the first example to a text file formatted like the second example. EDIT: I ended up using serialization. This method makes it un-editable, but works for my purposes, I can really have good terrain generation now. here's my code: http://pastie.org/5455624 Everything is working excellently. Thanks to all those who helped

Answer 1

You could consider Serialization

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_serialization.htm

Advantages

1. Hides your values
2. Easier to save/load

Disadvantages

1. Values can not be modified in text editor.