in Java, I can't figure out how to write to a text file and also read it back in the console. The problem is that when I write it to the text file the text doesn't look write and has strange characters.

this is some of my code below minus any code referring to reading or writing ... I will want to add more objects from a different class later but I'm just confused here.

package homework6;

import java.io.*;

import java.io.FileInputStream;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.ObjectInputStream;

import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

public class Maindriver {

public Maindriver() {

// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub

}

public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException {

Friend friend1 = new Friend("Ben", "Allen", "ballen@yahoo.com", "918-489-4231", "Tulsa");

Friend friend2 = new Friend("Armand", "Etame", "aetame@aol.com", "918-493-1001", "Tulsa");

Friend friend3 = new Friend("Adam", "Faurie", "afaurie@cox.net", "918-299-1218", "Tulsa");

Friend friend4 = new Friend("Kevin", "O'keefe", "kokeefe@)sbcglobal.net", "918-564-1284", "Tulsa");

String fileName ="Friend.txt";

}}

Friend - Notepad File Edit Format View Help firstNameq lastNameqL phoneNumberq .. xpt Tulsat Dba llen@yahoo.comt DBent lAllent 4918-489-4231sq q n, jt Daetame@aol.comt Darma ndt DEtamet 918-493-1001 sq ~ q ~ 0t lafaurie@cox . nett Dadamt CFauriet 4918-299-1218sq ~ q ~ It 0kokeefe@)sbcglobal, nett OKevint JO'keefet 4918-564-1284