The Java input/output (I/O) facilities provide a simple, standardized API for reading and writing character and byte data from various data sources. This article explores the I/O classes ...

Consider the following examples: java -jar jxl.jar -csv budget.xls java -jar jxl.jar -xml budget.xls These examples read budget.xls and output its contents in CSV and XML format to standard output.

The JDK, the proposal states, should provide an accurate, complete, up-to-date, performant API for reading, writing, and transforming Java class files.