Java Text File Write nio writeToFile(File file, String content)

Description

Writes given string to a file.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void writeToFile(File file, String content) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;

public class Main {
    private static final String CHARSET = "UTF-8";

    /**//from   w  ww  .  j a  v  a2  s.  co  m
     * Writes given string to a file.
     * Will create the file if it does not exist yet.
     */
    public static void writeToFile(File file, String content) throws IOException {
        createFile(file);
        Files.write(file.toPath(), content.getBytes(CHARSET));
    }

    /**
     * Creates a file if it does not exist along with its missing parent directories
     *
     * @return true if file is created, false if file already exists
     */
    public static boolean createFile(File file) throws IOException {
        if (file.exists()) {
            return false;
        }

        createParentDirsOfFile(file);

        return file.createNewFile();
    }

    /**
     * Creates parent directories of file if it has a parent directory
     */
    public static void createParentDirsOfFile(File file) throws IOException {
        File parentDir = file.getParentFile();

        if (parentDir != null) {
            createDirs(parentDir);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Creates the given directory along with its parent directories
     *
     * @param dir the directory to be created; assumed not null
     * @throws IOException if the directory or a parent directory cannot be created
     */
    public static void createDirs(File dir) throws IOException {
        if (!dir.exists() && !dir.mkdirs()) {
            throw new IOException("Failed to make directories of " + dir.getName());
        }
    }
}

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