Java Temp File Write writeStringToTempFileNoExceptions(String contents, String path)

Description

Writes a string to a temporary file with UTF-8 encoding, squashing exceptions

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
contents	The string to write
path	The file path

Declaration

public static void writeStringToTempFileNoExceptions(String contents,
        String path) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.io.*;

import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;

public class Main {
    /**/* w ww .  ja  va 2 s .  com*/
     * Writes a string to a temporary file, squashing exceptions
     *
     * @param contents The string to write
     * @param path The file path
     * @param encoding The encoding to encode in
     * @return The File that was written to
     */
    public static File writeStringToTempFileNoExceptions(String contents,
            String path, String encoding) {
        OutputStream writer = null;
        File tmp = null;
        try {
            tmp = File.createTempFile(path, ".tmp");
            if (path.endsWith(".gz")) {
                writer = new GZIPOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(tmp));
            } else {
                writer = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(tmp));
            }
            writer.write(contents.getBytes(encoding));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            closeIgnoringExceptions(writer);
        }
        return tmp;
    }

    /**
     * Writes a string to a temporary file with UTF-8 encoding, squashing exceptions
     *
     * @param contents The string to write
     * @param path The file path
     */
    public static void writeStringToTempFileNoExceptions(String contents,
            String path) {
        writeStringToTempFileNoExceptions(contents, path, "UTF-8");
    }

    /**
     * Provides an implementation of closing a file for use in a finally block so
     * you can correctly close a file without even more exception handling stuff.
     * From a suggestion in a talk by Josh Bloch.
     *
     * @param c The IO resource to close (e.g., a Stream/Reader)
     */
    public static void closeIgnoringExceptions(Closeable c) {
        if (c != null) {
            try {
                c.close();
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                // ignore
            }
        }
    }
}

Related

1. writeStringToTempFile(String contents, String path, String encoding)