Java Text File Save writeFile(String string, File location, boolean forceASCII)

Description

write File

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean writeFile(String string, File location, boolean forceASCII) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static boolean writeFile(String string, File location) {
        return writeFile(string, location, false);
    }/*  ww  w .j  a  va  2  s.  c o m*/

    public static boolean writeFile(String string, File location, boolean forceASCII) {
        if (!location.exists())
            location.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        try {
            if (location.exists())
                location.delete();
            location.createNewFile();

            if (!forceASCII) {
                FileWriter fstream = new FileWriter(location);
                BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
                out.write(string);
                out.close();
            } else {
                Writer out = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(location), "ASCII"));
                try {
                    out.write(string);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
                } finally {
                    out.close();
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    public static boolean delete(File resource) {
        if (resource.isDirectory()) {
            File[] childFiles = resource.listFiles();
            for (File child : childFiles) {
                delete(child);
            }
        }
        return resource.delete();
    }
}

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