Java Properties Save save(String fileName, CharSequence string)

Description

Saves the specified character sequence.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fileName	name of the file
string	a sequence of characters

Declaration

public static void save(String fileName, CharSequence string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w  w  w . ja v a 2s. c o m
 * (c) 2011-12 Andreas de Vries
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import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.Properties;

public class Main {
    /** The name of the property file. This file stores configuration data
     *  for the gene package programs, for example the directory which has 
     *  been opened recently for loading or saving files.
     */
    static final String propertyFile = System.getProperty("user.home")
            + System.getProperty("file.separator") + "genes.xml";

    /** Saves the specified character sequence.
     *  @param fileName name of the file
     *  @param string a sequence of characters
     */
    public static void save(String fileName, CharSequence string) {
        File file;
        try {
            Properties props = new Properties();
            props.loadFromXML(new FileInputStream(propertyFile));
            file = new File(props.getProperty("currentDirectory")
                    + System.getProperty("file.separator") + fileName);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            file = new File(fileName);
        }

        // open the file:
        FileWriter output = null;
        try {
            output = new FileWriter(file);
            try {
                output.write(string.toString());
                output.flush();
                System.out.println(file + " saved!");
            } catch (EOFException eof) {
                // do nothing, the stream will be closed in the finally clause
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                ioe.printStackTrace();
            }
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            ioe.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
                if (output != null)
                    output.close();
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                ioe.printStackTrace();
            }
            try {
                Properties props = new Properties();
                props.setProperty("currentDirectory", file.getParent());
                props.storeToXML(new FileOutputStream(propertyFile), null);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                System.err.println(e.getMessage());
            }
        }
    }
}

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2. save()
3. save(File file, Properties properties)
4. save(Properties properties, File propertiesFile)
5. save(Properties props, File file, String comment)
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7. saveConfig()
8. saveConfig(File settingsFile, Properties properties)
9. saveDefaultScriptDirectory(String path)