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package java.io;
/**
* Convenience class for writing character files. The constructors of this
* class assume that the default character encoding and the default byte-buffer
* size are acceptable. To specify these values yourself, construct an
* OutputStreamWriter on a FileOutputStream.
*
*
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.
*
*
FileWriter is meant for writing streams of characters.
* For writing streams of raw bytes, consider using a
* FileOutputStream.
*
* @see OutputStreamWriter
* @see FileOutputStream
*
* @version 1.11, 00/02/02
* @author Mark Reinhold
* @since JDK1.1
*/
public class FileWriter extends OutputStreamWriter
{
/**
* Constructs a FileWriter object given a file name.
*
* @param 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
*/
public FileWriter(String fileName) throws IOException {
super(new FileOutputStream(fileName));
}
/**
* Constructs a FileWriter object given a file name with a boolean
* indicating whether or not to append the data written.
*
* @param fileName String The system-dependent filename.
* @param 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
*/
public FileWriter(String fileName, boolean append) throws IOException {
super(new FileOutputStream(fileName, append));
}
/**
* Constructs a FileWriter object given a File object.
*
* @param file a File object to write to.
* @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
*/
public FileWriter(File file) throws IOException {
super(new FileOutputStream(file));
}
/**
* Constructs a FileWriter object given a File object. If the second
* argument is true, then bytes will be written to the end
* of the file rather than the beginning.
*
* @param file a File object to write to
* @param 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
*/
public FileWriter(File file, boolean append) throws IOException {
super(new FileOutputStream(file, append));
}
/**
* Constructs a FileWriter object associated with a file descriptor.
*
* @param fd FileDescriptor object to write to.
*/
public FileWriter(FileDescriptor fd) {
super(new FileOutputStream(fd));
}
}