Java Text File Write writeStringListToFile(File file, List lines)

Description

Writes a string list to a file.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	is an existing file which can be written to.
lines	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	if param does not comply.
FileNotFoundException	if the file does not exist.
IOException	if problem encountered during write.

Declaration

static public void writeStringListToFile(File file, List<String> lines)
        throws FileNotFoundException, IOException 

Method Source Code

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

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**/*  w ww  . jav a2s  . c  o  m*/
     * Writes a string list to a file. Existing files will be completely
     * replaced.
     *
     * @param file is an existing file which can be written to.
     * @param lines
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if param does not comply.
     * @throws FileNotFoundException if the file does not exist.
     * @throws IOException if problem encountered during write.
     */
    static public void writeStringListToFile(File file, List<String> lines)
            throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        if (file == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File should not be null.");
        }
        //        if (!file.exists()) {
        //            throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: " + file);
        //        }
        //        if (!file.isFile()) {
        //            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Should not be a directory: " + file);
        //        }
        //        if (!file.canWrite()) {
        //            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File cannot be written: " + file);
        //        }
        try (BufferedWriter output = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file))) {
            //FileWriter always assumes default encoding is OK!
            for (String line : lines) {
                output.write(line + "\n");
            }
        }
    }
}

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