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

Description

Writes a string to a file;

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	a parameter
dataString	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean writeFile(File file, String dataString) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.PrintWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Writes a string to a file;
     * 
     * @param file
     * @param dataString
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean writeFile(File file, String dataString) {
        try {
            PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file)));
            out.print(dataString);
            out.flush();
            out.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
}

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