Java Utililty Methods Text File Write

if (encoding == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Must specify encoding");
OutputStream out = null;
try {
    out = openOutputStream(file);
    if (data != null) {
        out.write(data.getBytes(encoding));
...

Writes a String to a file creating the file if it does not exist.

OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);
try {
    write(data, out, encoding);
} finally {
    closeQuietly(out);

Writes data to a file.

OutputStream out = new java.io.FileOutputStream(file);
try {
    out.write(data.getBytes(encoding));
} finally {
    closeQuietly(out);

try (PrintStream out = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(file, false))) {
    out.print(s);

OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
if (compress) {
    out = new GZIPOutputStream(out);
PrintWriter pout = new PrintWriter(out);
pout.print(str);
pout.flush();
pout.close();
...

OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
try {
    out.write(string.getBytes());
} finally {
    out.close();

FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);
PrintStream p = new PrintStream(out, true, encoding);
p.print(string);
p.flush();
p.close();
out.close();
return file;

createNewFile(file);
try (BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file))) {
    writer.write(stringToWrite);

System.out.println("Writing: " + file);
File parentFile = file.getParentFile();
if (parentFile != null && !parentFile.exists()) {
    parentFile.mkdirs();
if (text == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Text is null");
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
try {
    out.write(text);
} catch (IOException e) {
    throw e;
} finally {
    out.close();

PrintStream out = new PrintStream(file);
out.print(text);
out.close();