java.io
Class FileWriter

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.io.Writer
      extended by java.io.OutputStreamWriter
          extended by java.io.FileWriter
All Implemented Interfaces:
Closeable, Flushable, Appendable

public class FileWriter
extends OutputStreamWriter

This is a convenience class for writing to files. It creates an FileOutputStream and initializes an OutputStreamWriter to write to it.


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer
lock
 
Constructor Summary
FileWriter(File file)
          This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified File object.
FileWriter(File file, boolean append)
          This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified File object.
FileWriter(FileDescriptor fd)
          This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified FileDescriptor object.
FileWriter(String name)
          This method intializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified named file.
FileWriter(String name, boolean append)
          This method intializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified named file.
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from class java.io.OutputStreamWriter
close, flush, getEncoding, write, write, write
 
Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer
append, append, append, write, write
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

FileWriter

public FileWriter(File file)
           throws SecurityException,
                  IOException
This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified File object.

Parameters:
file - The File object to write to.
Throws:
SecurityException - If writing to this file is forbidden by the SecurityManager.
IOException - If any other error occurs

FileWriter

public FileWriter(File file,
                  boolean append)
           throws IOException
This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified File object.

Parameters:
file - The File object to write to.
append - true to start adding data at the end of the file, false otherwise.
Throws:
SecurityException - If writing to this file is forbidden by the SecurityManager.
IOException - If any other error occurs

FileWriter

public FileWriter(FileDescriptor fd)
           throws SecurityException
This method initializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified FileDescriptor object.

Parameters:
fd - The FileDescriptor object to write to
Throws:
SecurityException - If writing to this file is forbidden by the SecurityManager.

FileWriter

public FileWriter(String name)
           throws IOException
This method intializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified named file.

Parameters:
name - The name of the file to write to
Throws:
SecurityException - If writing to this file is forbidden by the SecurityManager.
IOException - If any other error occurs

FileWriter

public FileWriter(String name,
                  boolean append)
           throws IOException
This method intializes a new FileWriter object to write to the specified named file. This form of the constructor allows the caller to determine whether data should be written starting at the beginning or the end of the file.

Parameters:
name - The name of the file to write to
append - true to start adding data at the end of the file, false otherwise.
Throws:
SecurityException - If writing to this file is forbidden by the SecurityManager.
IOException - If any other error occurs