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

Description

write File

License

GNU General Public License

Declaration

public static void writeFile(String filename, String data) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w ww.  j  a  va2s.co m*/
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 * Created on Nov 4, 2016
 * Author: blivens 
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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 {
    public static void writeFile(String filename, String data) throws IOException {
        if (filename == null || filename.isEmpty() || filename.equals("-")) {
            System.out.println(data);
        } else {
            filename = expandUserHome(filename);
            File file = new File(filename);
            try (PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file)))) {
                writer.println(data);
            }
        }
    }

    public static String expandUserHome(String file) {
        if (file.startsWith("~" + File.separator)) {
            file = System.getProperty("user.home") + file.substring(1);
        }
        return file;
    }
}

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