Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.FileWriter; import javax.swing.AbstractAction; import javax.swing.Action; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent; public class LoadSave { public static void main(String args[]) { final String filename = "text.out"; JFrame frame = new JFrame("Loading/Saving Example"); Container content = frame.getContentPane(); final JTextField textField = new JTextField(); content.add(textField, BorderLayout.NORTH); JPanel panel = new JPanel(); Action loadAction = new AbstractAction() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { try { doLoadCommand(textField, filename); } catch (Exception e1) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e1.printStackTrace(); } } }; loadAction.putValue(Action.NAME, "Load"); JButton loadButton = new JButton(loadAction); panel.add(loadButton); Action saveAction = new AbstractAction() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { try { doSaveCommand(textField, filename); } catch (Exception e1) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e1.printStackTrace(); } } }; saveAction.putValue(Action.NAME, "Save"); JButton saveButton = new JButton(saveAction); panel.add(saveButton); Action clearAction = new AbstractAction() { { putValue(Action.NAME, "Clear"); } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { textField.setText(""); } }; JButton clearButton = new JButton(clearAction); panel.add(clearButton); content.add(panel, BorderLayout.SOUTH); frame.setSize(250, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } public static void doSaveCommand(JTextComponent textComponent, String filename) throws Exception { FileWriter writer = null; writer = new FileWriter(filename); textComponent.write(writer); writer.close(); } public static void doLoadCommand(JTextComponent textComponent, String filename) throws Exception { FileReader reader = null; reader = new FileReader(filename); textComponent.read(reader, filename); reader.close(); } }