Why isn't my code creating a new file?

This is a class I just wrote. Previously it actually created a file in another application. But somehow it is not working. It is not creating a new file and I am getting this error:

package hostelmanagement;

/**
 *
 * @author princess
 */
/*
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 * and open the template in the editor.
 */

import java.io.Externalizable;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

/**
 *
 * @author princess
 */
public class Student implements Serializable, Externalizable  {

public static Set<Student> listOfStudents = new HashSet<Student>();    
public static File oFile = new File("Student.dat"); 


//Data Members
private String studentID;
private String name;
private Date dateOfReg;

//Constructor 
Student(String number,String name)
{
this.studentID = number;
this.name = name;
dateOfReg = new Date(); 
}


public String getName()
{
return name;
}

public String getStudentID()
{
return studentID;
}

public Date getDateOfReg()
{
return dateOfReg;
}

public void register() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException    
{    

HashSet<Student> sss = Student.getListOfStudents();
sss.add(this);
FileOutputStream OFileStream = new FileOutputStream(oFile);    
ObjectOutputStream ObjectOFileStream = new ObjectOutputStream(OFileStream);    
ObjectOFileStream.writeObject(sss);
ObjectOFileStream.close();      
}

public static HashSet<Student> getListOfStudents() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException
{
HashSet ss;
File iFile = new File("Student.dat");
FileInputStream IFileStream = new FileInputStream(iFile);
 ObjectInputStream ObjectIFileStream = new ObjectInputStream(IFileStream);
ss = (HashSet<Student>) ObjectIFileStream.readObject();
ObjectIFileStream.close();
return  (HashSet<Student>) ss;
}

public static void printListOfStudents() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException
{
HashSet<Student> sa = Student.getListOfStudents();
for (Student x : sa)
{System.out.println(x.toString());}
}


public static Student getStudentByID(String aNumber) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException
{ 
HashSet<Student> currentListOfStudents = Student.getListOfStudents();    
Student result = null;   
for (Student x : currentListOfStudents) 
    {   
if (x.getStudentID().equalsIgnoreCase(aNumber))  
        { result = x;
             break;
        }
    }  
      if (result == null)
    {
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Student not found");
    }
    return result; 
}



    @Override
public String toString()
{
// include the code to retrieve assigned apartment    
return "Name: " + name +" StudentID: "+ studentID + " Registered On: " + dateOfReg;
}


    @Override
public boolean equals(Object another)
{
Student stud = (Student)another;
return this.name.equals(stud.name)&& this.studentID.equals(stud.studentID);
}

    @Override
public int hashCode()
{
int hash = name.hashCode();
return hash;

}

    @Override
    public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
    }

    @Override
    public void readExternal(ObjectInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
    }
}

Error:

run:
Test 1
Apr 27, 2012 10:19:30 AM hostelmanagement.HostelManagement main
SEVERE: null
java.io.FileNotFoundException: Student.dat (The system cannot find the file specified)
    at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
    at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
    at hostelmanagement.Student.getListOfStudents(Student.java:86)
    at hostelmanagement.Student.register(Student.java:74)
    at hostelmanagement.HostelManagement.main(HostelManagement.java:34)
Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: Student.dat (The system cannot find the file specified)
    at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
    at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
    at hostelmanagement.Student.getListOfStudents(Student.java:86)
    at hostelmanagement.HostelManagement.main(HostelManagement.java:46)
Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)

Where is the problem?

Solution

You error indicates you are trying to read a file which is not there. It will only create new files when you attempt to write to them.

What I would do is the following.

public static Set<Student> getListOfStudents() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
    File studentFile = new File("Student.dat");
    FileInputStream in = null;
    try {
        in = new FileInputStream(studentFile);
        ObjectInputStream oos = new ObjectInputStream(in);
        retyurn (Set<Student>) oos.readObject();
    } catch(FileNotFoundException noStudents) {
        return new HashSet<Student>();
    } finally {
        if (in != null)
           try {
               in.close();
           } catch(IOException ignored) {}
    }
}