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Read transactions from multiple files simulatenously

write a Java program that manages a simple checking account.
There are 2 simple transactions: deposit and withdrawal. Both transactions come from a simple text file with the following columns: customer_last_name, branch, branch_account_number, transaction, amount. For example:

Silver            1000      001      withdrawal      20
Smith            1001      001      withdrawal      40
Black            1000      002      deposit            20
Bush            1003      005      deposit            100
Silver            1000      001      withdrawal      40

Note that branch_account_number is only unique within a branch!

Your program should be able to read transactions from multiple files simultaneously (think how you are going to protect the integrity of your data). The program should execute the transactions, maintaining the right balances. You may hardcode the number of input files (where transactions are stored). You do not have to remember the exact syntax of file operations, etc. Make reasonable assumptions. Remember that file i/o may fail, you have to handle exceptions gracefully.
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In order to maintain your transactions,

Keep all your data buffered until all the operations are completed.  Persist the data when the transaction is successful.

RandomAccessFile would help you in updating/reading a file.


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Muruga
If there is a IO Failure, the contents won't persist in the file.   You can rollback the transaction by doing nothing.

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I aked for help, the direction how I can proceed. Because I dont have experience in multithrading, deadlocks.
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