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

Description

{ method

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
FileName	name of file to create
data	date to write

Return

true = success }

Declaration

public static boolean writeFile(String FileName, String data) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**/* w  w  w.  j  a  v  a2s  . c o m*/
     * { method
     *
     * @param FileName name of file to create
     * @param data     date to write
     * @return true = success
     *         }
     * @name writeFile
     * @function write the string data to the file Filename
     */
    public static boolean writeFile(String FileName, String data) {
        try {
            PrintWriter out = openPrintWriter(FileName);
            if (out != null) {
                out.print(data);
                out.close();
                return (true);
            }
            return (false);
            // failure
        } catch (SecurityException ex) {
            return (false); // browser disallows
        }
    }

    /**
     * { method
     *
     * @param FileName name of file to create
     * @param data     date to write
     * @return true = success
     *         }
     * @name writeFile
     * @function write the string data to the file Filename
     */
    public static boolean writeFile(File TheFile, String data) {
        PrintWriter out = null;
        try {
            out = openPrintWriter(TheFile);
            if (out != null) {
                out.print(data);
                out.close();
                return (true);
            }
            return (false);
            // failure
        } catch (SecurityException ex) {
            return (false); // browser disallows
        } finally {
            if (out != null)
                out.close();
        }
    }

    /**
     * { method
     *
     * @param name name of file
     * @return the stream - null for failure
     *         }
     * @name openPrintWriter
     * @function open a PrintWriter to a file with name
     */
    public static PrintWriter openPrintWriter(String name) {
        FileOutputStream file = null;
        try {
            file = new FileOutputStream(name);
            return new PrintWriter(new BufferedOutputStream(file));
        } catch (SecurityException ee) {
            return (null);
        } catch (IOException ee) {
            return (null);
        }
    }

    /**
     * { method
     *
     * @param name name of file
     * @return the stream - null for failure
     *         }
     * @name openPrintWriter
     * @function open a PrintWriter to a file with name
     */
    public static PrintWriter openPrintWriter(File name) {
        FileOutputStream file = null;
        try {
            file = new FileOutputStream(name);
            return new PrintWriter(new BufferedOutputStream(file));
        } catch (SecurityException ee) {
            return (null);
        } catch (IOException ee) {
            return (null);
        }
    }
}

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