Java FileWriter Write save(File file, String content)

Description

Saves the content to a file.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	the file to save to
content	the content to save

Return

true if successfully saved

Declaration

public static boolean save(File file, String content) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* www .j av  a2  s . c  o  m*/
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 *
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 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
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 */

import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileWriter;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Saves the content to a file.
     * 
     * @param file      the file to save to
     * @param content      the content to save
     * @return         true if successfully saved
     */
    public static boolean save(File file, String content) {
        boolean result;
        BufferedWriter writer;

        writer = null;
        try {
            writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
            writer.write(content);
            writer.flush();
            result = true;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            result = false;
        } finally {
            if (writer != null) {
                try {
                    writer.close();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    // ignored
                }
            }
        }

        return result;
    }
}

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