Java UTF File Write writeFile(String fileName, ArrayList data, String outputFolder)

Description

write the contents of given data (list of lines) under given fileName in given outputFolder

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fileName	a parameter
data	a parameter
outputFolder	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean writeFile(String fileName, ArrayList<String> data, String outputFolder) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from ww  w  .  j  av a  2 s  . c om
 * The MIT License (MIT)
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2017 Igor Zinken
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 * SOFTWARE.
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.Path;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * write the contents of given data (list of lines) under given fileName
     * in given outputFolder
     *
     * @param fileName
     * @param data
     * @param outputFolder
     */
    public static boolean writeFile(String fileName, ArrayList<String> data, String outputFolder) {

        try {
            Path outputFile = Paths.get(outputFolder + File.separator + fileName);
            createFoldersForPath(outputFile.toAbsolutePath().toString());
            Files.write(outputFile, data, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
            return true;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * create all directories in specified path if they
     * didn't exist yet
     *
     * @param path
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean createFoldersForPath(String path) {
        final File file = new File(path);
        return file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
    }
}

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