Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) { String phrase = new String("text \n"); String dirname = "C:/test"; String filename = "charData.txt"; File dir = new File(dirname); File aFile = new File(dir, filename); FileOutputStream outputFile = null; try { outputFile = new FileOutputStream(aFile, true); System.out.println("File stream created successfully."); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); } FileChannel outChannel = outputFile.getChannel(); ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024); System.out.println("New buffer: position = " + buf.position() + "\tLimit = " + buf.limit() + "\tcapacity = " + buf.capacity()); for (char ch : phrase.toCharArray()) { buf.putChar(ch); } System.out.println("Buffer after loading: position = " + buf.position() + "\tLimit = " + buf.limit() + "\tcapacity = " + buf.capacity()); buf.flip(); System.out.println("Buffer after flip: position = " + buf.position() + "\tLimit = " + buf.limit() + "\tcapacity = " + buf.capacity()); try { outChannel.write(buf); outputFile.close(); System.out.println("Buffer contents written to file."); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); } } }