java.io
Class FileWriter

java.lang.Object
  java.io.Writer
      java.io.OutputStreamWriter
          java.io.FileWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, Flushable, Appendable

public class FileWriter
extends OutputStreamWriter

FileWriter is a class for writing characters out to a file. The default character encoding, 8859_1 is currently used to convert characters to bytes in the file.

See Also:

FileReader

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer

lock

Constructor Summary

FileWriter(File file)
Creates a FileWriter using the File file.

FileWriter(File file, boolean append)
Creates a FileWriter using the File file.

FileWriter(FileDescriptor fd)
Creates a FileWriter using the existing FileDescriptor fd.

FileWriter(String filename)
Creates a FileWriter using the platform dependent filename.

FileWriter(String filename, boolean append)
Creates a FileWriter using the platform dependent filename.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.io.OutputStreamWriter

close, flush, getEncoding, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer

append, append, append, 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 IOException

Creates a FileWriter using the File file.

Parameters:

file - the non-null File to write bytes to.

Throws:

IOException - If the given file is not found

FileWriter

public FileWriter(File file,
                  boolean append)
           throws IOException

Creates a FileWriter using the File file. The parameter append determines whether or not the file is opened and appended to or just opened empty.

Parameters:

file - the non-null File to write bytes to.

append - should the file be appened to or opened empty.

Throws:

IOException - If the given file is not found

FileWriter

public FileWriter(FileDescriptor fd)

Creates a FileWriter using the existing FileDescriptor fd.

Parameters:

fd - the non-null FileDescriptor to write bytes to.

FileWriter

public FileWriter(String filename)
           throws IOException

Creates a FileWriter using the platform dependent filename. See the class description for how characters are converted to bytes.

Parameters:

filename - the non-null name of the file to write bytes to.

Throws:

IOException - If the given file is not found

FileWriter

public FileWriter(String filename,
                  boolean append)
           throws IOException

Creates a FileWriter using the platform dependent filename. See the class description for how characters are converted to bytes. The parameter append determines whether or not the file is opened and appended to or just opened empty.

Parameters:

filename - the non-null name of the file to write bytes to.

append - should the file be appened to or opened empty.

Throws:

IOException - If the given file is not found