java.io

Class FileWriter

java.lang.Object

java.io.Writer

java.io.OutputStreamWriter

java.io.FileWriter

public class FileWriter
extends OutputStreamWriter

This is a convenience class for writing to files. It creates an FileOutputStream and initializes an OutputStreamWriter to write to it.

Author:

Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com), Tom Tromey

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer

lock

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FileWriter(File file) This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified File object.
FileWriter(File file, boolean append) This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified File object.
FileWriter(String name) This method intializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified named file.
FileWriter(String name, boolean append) This method intializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified named file.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.io.OutputStreamWriter

close, flush, getEncoding, write

Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer

write, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FileWriter

public FileWriter(File file)
           throws SecurityException,
                  IOException

This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified File object.

Parameters:

file - The File object to write to.

SecurityException - If writing to this file is forbidden by the SecurityManager.

IOException - If any other error occurs

Throws:

SecurityException

IOException

FileWriter

public FileWriter(File file,
                  boolean append)
           throws IOException

This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified File object.

Parameters:

file - The File object to write to.

append - true to start adding data at the end of the file, false otherwise.

SecurityException - If writing to this file is forbidden by the SecurityManager.

IOException - If any other error occurs

Throws:

IOException

FileWriter

public FileWriter(String name)
           throws IOException

This method intializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified named file.

Parameters:

name - The name of the file to write to

SecurityException - If writing to this file is forbidden by the SecurityManager.

IOException - If any other error occurs

Throws:

IOException

FileWriter

public FileWriter(String name,
                  boolean append)
           throws IOException

This method intializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified named file. This form of the constructor allows the caller to determin whether data should be written starting at the beginning or the end of the file.

Parameters:

name - The name of the file to write to

append - true to start adding data at the end of the file, false otherwise.

SecurityException - If writing to this file is forbidden by the SecurityManager.

IOException - If any other error occurs

Throws:

IOException