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Here’s a simple multithreaded Java program that reads a large file, splits it into chunks, and writes each chunk into a separate file using multiple threads. After processing, the program merges all these separate files into one. Here’s an overview and breakdown of the key components

Program Workflow:

File Division:

Ø Split the file into chunks.

Multithreaded File Reading:

Ø Assign each chunk to a separate thread.

Writing and Merging:

Ø Each thread reads its assigned chunk from the file and writes it to a new file.

Performance Comparison:

Ø The time taken for multithreaded execution (using Future) is compared to the time taken for reading the entire file sequentially.

Multithreaded File Splitter Program:

java

import java.io.*;

import java.util.concurrent.*;

public class MultiThreadedFileSplitter {

public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {

// Input file path

String filePath = "path/to/largefile.txt"; // Change to your file path

int numberOfThreads = 4; // Number of threads (or chunks)

File file = new File(filePath);

long fileSize = file.length();

long chunkSize = fileSize / numberOfThreads; // Divide the file into equal chunks

// Create a thread pool

ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(numberOfThreads);

// Track the start and end positions for each chunk

long start = 0;

long end = chunkSize;

// List of Futures to keep track of thread results

Future<?>[] futures = new Future<?>[numberOfThreads];

// Submit each file chunk processing task to a thread

for (int i = 0; i < numberOfThreads; i++) {

if (i == numberOfThreads - 1) {

// Ensure the last chunk reads to the end of the file

end = fileSize;

}

futures[i] = executor.submit(new FileChunkProcessor(file, start, end, i + 1));

// Move to the next chunk

start = end;

end += chunkSize;

}

// Wait for all threads to complete

for (Future<?> future : futures) {

future.get();

}

// Shutdown the executor

executor.shutdown();

System.out.println("All chunks processed successfully.");

}

// FileChunkProcessor implements Runnable to process file chunks in separate threads

class FileChunkProcessor implements Runnable {

private File file;

private long start;

private long end;

private int chunkId;

public FileChunkProcessor(File file, long start, long end, int chunkId) {

this.file = file;

this.start = start;

this.end = end;

this.chunkId = chunkId;

}

@Override

public void run() {

try (RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(file, "r")) {

// Seek to the start of the chunk

raf.seek(start);

// Determine chunk size

long chunkSize = end - start;

byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) chunkSize];

// Read the chunk into the buffer

raf.read(buffer);

// Write the chunk to a new file

File outputFile = new File("chunk_" + chunkId + ".txt");

try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(outputFile)) {

fos.write(buffer);

}

System.out.println("Chunk " + chunkId + " processed successfully.");

} catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

Explanation:

Main Class (MultiThreadedFileSplitter):

Ø Reads a large file and splits it into chunks by determining the start and end byte positions for each chunk.

Ø Uses an ExecutorService to create a pool of threads, which will handle processing each chunk.

Ø The FileChunkProcessor is submitted to the executor for each chunk.

Ø Once all threads finish, the executor shuts down.

Worker Class (FileChunkProcessor):

Ø Implements Runnable to allow each chunk to be processed in parallel.

Ø It reads the chunk of the file starting at start and ending at end.

Ø Writes the chunk into a new file named chunk_<id>.txt, where <id> is the chunk number.

File Processing:

ü RandomAccessFile: Used to seek to the specific byte positions in the file, allowing each thread to process only its own chunk.

ü Concurrency: Threads run in parallel to speed up the file splitting process.

Notes:

ü This program assumes that the file size is evenly divisible by the number of threads. The last thread will handle any remainder if the file size is not evenly divisible.

ü Each thread writes its chunk into a separate file (chunk_1.txt, chunk_2.txt, etc.).

ü The program can be scaled by adjusting the number of threads based on system resources and file size.

Example Output:

output

Chunk 1 processed successfully.

Chunk 2 processed successfully.

Chunk 3 processed successfully.

Chunk 4 processed successfully.

All chunks processed successfully.

This program demonstrates how to split a file into chunks and process them concurrently in Java.