Raw Bytes

The data are written as a stream of bytes. There are no gaps or markers that say where one value ends and another begins. The example program did this:

dataOut.writeInt( 0 );
dataOut.writeDouble( 12.45 );

An examination of the file shows the 12 bytes. Remember that dumps such as this print characters to show the pattern in one byte.

The six zeros at the beginning of the line mean the the first byte shown is byte zero of the file. The "f's" the end of the line show that some bytes of the double could also be interpreted as characters.