Reading multiple objects from file

Question

Is there a proper way of reading objects from file using the ObjectInputStream . The examples I've seen seems to rely on that exception is caught to end the reading. While it maybe works it does not seem to be a clean solution as in exception shouldn't really happen unless there's wrong in the code.

Example 1

Answer 1

EOFException is thrown by the readObject() method to indicate end of stream. Ergo you must catch it to detect end of stream. QED. Never mind the exception police.