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java.base / java.io
Class FileWriter
java.lang.Object
  java.io.Writer
      java.io.OutputStreamWriter
          java.io.FileWriter
All Implemented Interfaces:
Closeable, Flushable, Appendable, AutoCloseable

public class FileWriter
extends OutputStreamWriter
Writes text to character files using a default buffer size. Encoding from characters to bytes uses either a specified charset or the platform's default charset.

Whether or not a file is available or may be created depends upon the underlying platform. Some platforms, in particular, allow a file to be opened for writing by only one FileWriter (or other file-writing object) at a time. In such situations the constructors in this class will fail if the file involved is already open.

The FileWriter is meant for writing streams of characters. For writing streams of raw bytes, consider using a FileOutputStream.

Since:
1.1
Author:
Mark Reinhold
See Also:
OutputStreamWriter, FileOutputStream

Field Summary
Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer
lock
Constructor Summary
Constructs a FileWriter given the File to write, using the platform's default charset
FileWriter(File file, boolean append)
Constructs a FileWriter given the File to write and a boolean indicating whether to append the data written, using the platform's default charset.
FileWriter(File file, Charset charset)
Constructs a FileWriter given the File to write and charset.
FileWriter(File file, Charset charset, boolean append)
Constructs a FileWriter given the File to write, charset and a boolean indicating whether to append the data written.
Constructs a FileWriter given a file descriptor, using the platform's default charset.
FileWriter(String fileName)
Constructs a FileWriter given a file name, using the platform's default charset
FileWriter(String fileName, boolean append)
Constructs a FileWriter given a file name and a boolean indicating whether to append the data written, using the platform's default charset.
FileWriter(String fileName, Charset charset)
Constructs a FileWriter given a file name and charset.
FileWriter(String fileName, Charset charset, boolean append)
Constructs a FileWriter given a file name, charset and a boolean indicating whether to append the data written.
Method Summary
Methods inherited from class java.io.OutputStreamWriter
append, append, close, flush, getEncoding, write, write, write
Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer
append, nullWriter, 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
(String fileName)
throws
Constructs a FileWriter given a file name, using the platform's default charset
Parameters:
fileName - String The system-dependent filename.
Throws:
IOException - if the named file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason

FileWriter
public FileWriter
(String fileName,
 boolean append)
throws
Constructs a FileWriter given a file name and a boolean indicating whether to append the data written, using the platform's default charset.
Parameters:
fileName - String The system-dependent filename.
append - boolean if true, then data will be written to the end of the file rather than the beginning.
Throws:
IOException - if the named file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason

FileWriter
public FileWriter
(File file)
throws
Constructs a FileWriter given the File to write, using the platform's default charset
Parameters:
file - the File to write.
Throws:
IOException - if the file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason

FileWriter
public FileWriter
(File file,
 boolean append)
throws
Constructs a FileWriter given the File to write and a boolean indicating whether to append the data written, using the platform's default charset.
Parameters:
file - the File to write
append - if true, then bytes will be written to the end of the file rather than the beginning
Throws:
IOException - if the file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
Since:
1.4

FileWriter
public FileWriter
Constructs a FileWriter given a file descriptor, using the platform's default charset.
Parameters:
fd - the FileDescriptor to write.

FileWriter
public FileWriter
(String fileName,
 Charset charset)
throws
Constructs a FileWriter given a file name and charset.
Parameters:
fileName - the name of the file to write
charset - the charset
Throws:
IOException - if the named file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
Since:
11

FileWriter
public FileWriter
(String fileName,
 Charset charset,
 boolean append)
throws
Constructs a FileWriter given a file name, charset and a boolean indicating whether to append the data written.
Parameters:
fileName - the name of the file to write
charset - the charset
append - a boolean. If true, the writer will write the data to the end of the file rather than the beginning.
Throws:
IOException - if the named file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
Since:
11

FileWriter
public FileWriter
(File file,
 Charset charset)
throws
Constructs a FileWriter given the File to write and charset.
Parameters:
file - the File to write
charset - the charset
Throws:
IOException - if the file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
Since:
11

FileWriter
public FileWriter
(File file,
 Charset charset,
 boolean append)
throws
Constructs a FileWriter given the File to write, charset and a boolean indicating whether to append the data written.
Parameters:
file - the File to write
charset - the charset
append - a boolean. If true, the writer will write the data to the end of the file rather than the beginning.
Throws:
IOException - if the file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
Since:
11

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