[patricek_97]

I need to randomly access a binary file located in the SDCard. Execution time on the Simulator is fine but catastrophic on a Blackberry 8100 running OS4.2.1.103.
On a 1.5GB file, the first attempt (with InputStream) to read 1 byte at the end of the file takes about 40 seconds on the Blackberry 8100. Running the same code on the simulator is instant.

I also tried to use the SharedInputStream class (see 2nd attempt) but code crashes at internal SharedInputStreamSource.expandData (OutOfMemoryError) after 1 minute on simulator.

Any clue? Thanks...

// -- 1st attempt --
FileConnection filecon1 = (FileConnection) Connector.open("file://" + FileName, Connector.READ);
long size1 = filecon1.fileSize();
InputStream is = filecon1.openInputStream();
long ms1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
is.reset();
is.skip(size1 - 10); // set position
int r1 = is.read();
Dialog.alert("duration=" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - ms1));

// -- 2nd attempt --
FileConnection filecon2 = (FileConnection) Connector.open("file://" + FileName, Connector.READ);
long size2 = filecon2.fileSize();
SharedInputStream sis = SharedInputStream.getSharedInputStream(filecon2.op enInputStream());
long ms2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
sis.setCurrentPosition((int)size2 - 10); // set position
int r2 = sis.read();
Dialog.alert("duration=" + (System.currentTimeMillis() - ms2));

[Dan East]

Is the file inside a ZIP file? If so, you can't actually random seek within individual files in the zip. Each seek requires starting at the beginning of the file and decompressing all the way up to the seek destination, which is very slow.

[patricek_97]

It's not a zip file. It's propriatary binary data file.

[patricek_97]

how come RandomAccessFile class does not exist?