Java Text File Write writeStringToFile(File file, String data, String encoding)

Description

Writes data to a file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	the file to write.
data	The content to write to the file.
encoding	encoding to use

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	in case of an I/O error
UnsupportedEncodingException	if the encoding is not supportedby the VM

Declaration

public static void writeStringToFile(File file, String data, String encoding) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
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 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 ******************************************************************************/

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import java.io.OutputStream;

import java.io.Reader;

import java.io.Writer;

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>
     * Writes data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * There is no readFileToString method without encoding parameter because
     * the default encoding can differ between platforms and therefore results
     * in inconsistent results.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param file the file to write.
     * @param data The content to write to the file.
     * @param encoding encoding to use
     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error
     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if the encoding is not supported
     *   by the VM
     */
    public static void writeStringToFile(File file, String data, String encoding) throws IOException {
        OutputStream out = new java.io.FileOutputStream(file);
        try {
            out.write(data.getBytes(encoding));
        } finally {
            closeQuietly(out);
        }
    }

    /**
     * close a writer quietly
     * @param writer
     */
    public static void closeQuietly(Writer writer) {
        if (writer != null) {
            try {
                writer.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                //swallow, its ok
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Unconditionally close an <code>Reader</code>.
     * Equivalent to {@link Reader#close()}, except any exceptions will be ignored.
     *
     * @param input A (possibly null) Reader
     */
    public static void closeQuietly(Reader input) {
        if (input == null) {
            return;
        }

        try {
            input.close();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
        }
    }

    /**
     * Unconditionally close an <code>OutputStream</code>.
     * Equivalent to {@link OutputStream#close()}, except any exceptions will be ignored.
     * @param output A (possibly null) OutputStream
     */
    public static void closeQuietly(OutputStream output) {
        if (output == null) {
            return;
        }

        try {
            output.close();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
        }
    }

    /**
     * Unconditionally close an <code>InputStream</code>.
     * Equivalent to {@link InputStream#close()}, except any exceptions will be ignored.
     * @param input A (possibly null) InputStream
     */
    public static void closeQuietly(InputStream input) {
        if (input == null) {
            return;
        }

        try {
            input.close();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
        }
    }
}

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