Java File Append appendFile(File targetFile, String toWrite)

Description

Opens a file (targetFile) and appends a String (toWrite) to it

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static void appendFile(File targetFile, String toWrite) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
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     * Opens a file (targetFile) and appends a String (toWrite) to it
     */
    public static void appendFile(File targetFile, String toWrite) throws Exception {
        if (!targetFile.exists()) {
            if (!targetFile.createNewFile())
                throw new Exception("File was not created!");
        }
        if (!targetFile.canWrite())
            throw new Exception("No permission to write file!");
        else {
            try {
                // WE CAN WRITE TO THE FILE
                FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(targetFile, true);
                fw.write(toWrite);
                fw.close();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw e;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Appends a String to a given file
     *
     * @param fileName The absolute path to the file to be written
     * @param toWrite  The String to write to the file
     */
    public static final void appendFile(String fileName, String toWrite) throws Exception {
        appendFile(new File(fileName), toWrite);
    }
}

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