Java Write String to File writeFile(File file, String data)

Description

Write a String to a file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	the file to write
data	what to write to the file

Declaration

public static void writeFile(File file, String data) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * The default encoding for opening files.
     */
    private static String defaultEncoding = "utf-8";

    /**
     * Write a String to a file.
     * @param file the file to write
     * @param data what to write to the file
     */
    public static void writeFile(File file, String data) {
        PrintWriter out = openForWriting(file);
        try {
            out.print(data);
        } finally {
            out.close();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Opens a file for writing in the default encoding.
     *
     * Wraps the Writer in a BufferedWriter and PrintWriter for efficient and convenient access.
     *
     * @param file
     *            the file to open
     * @return write interface into the file
     */
    public static PrintWriter openForWriting(File file) {
        return openForWriting(file, defaultEncoding);
    }

    /**
     * Opens a file for writing.
     *
     * Wraps the Writer in a BufferedWriter and PrintWriter for efficient and convenient access.
     *
     * @param file
     *            the file to open
     * @param encoding
     *            the encoding to use, e.g. "utf-8"
     * @return write interface into the file
     */
    public static PrintWriter openForWriting(File file, String encoding) {
        try {
            return new PrintWriter(
                    new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(file), encoding)));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}

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