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src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/FileWriter.java
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/*
- * Copyright (c) 1996, 2001, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1996, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
*
* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
* published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
@@ -23,26 +23,28 @@
* questions.
*/
package java.io;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
/**
- * Convenience class for writing character files. The constructors of this
- * class assume that the default character encoding and the default byte-buffer
- * size are acceptable. To specify these values yourself, construct an
- * OutputStreamWriter on a FileOutputStream.
+ * Writes text to character files using a default buffer size. Encoding from characters
+ * to bytes uses either a specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
+ * or the platform's
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}.
*
- * <p>Whether or not a file is available or may be created depends upon the
+ * <p>
+ * Whether or not a file is available or may be created depends upon the
* underlying platform. Some platforms, in particular, allow a file to be
* opened for writing by only one {@code FileWriter} (or other file-writing
* object) at a time. In such situations the constructors in this class
* will fail if the file involved is already open.
*
- * <p>{@code FileWriter} is meant for writing streams of characters.
- * For writing streams of raw bytes, consider using a
- * {@code FileOutputStream}.
+ * <p>
+ * The {@code FileWriter} is meant for writing streams of characters. For writing
+ * streams of raw bytes, consider using a {@code FileOutputStream}.
*
* @see OutputStreamWriter
* @see FileOutputStream
*
* @author Mark Reinhold
@@ -50,11 +52,12 @@
*/
public class FileWriter extends OutputStreamWriter {
/**
- * Constructs a FileWriter object given a file name.
+ * Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file name, using the platform's
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}
*
* @param fileName String The system-dependent filename.
* @throws IOException if the named file exists but is a directory rather
* than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be
* created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
@@ -62,12 +65,13 @@
public FileWriter(String fileName) throws IOException {
super(new FileOutputStream(fileName));
}
/**
- * Constructs a FileWriter object given a file name with a boolean
- * indicating whether or not to append the data written.
+ * Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file name and a boolean indicating
+ * whether to append the data written, using the platform's
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}.
*
* @param fileName String The system-dependent filename.
* @param append boolean if {@code true}, then data will be written
* to the end of the file rather than the beginning.
* @throws IOException if the named file exists but is a directory rather
@@ -77,27 +81,29 @@
public FileWriter(String fileName, boolean append) throws IOException {
super(new FileOutputStream(fileName, append));
}
/**
- * Constructs a FileWriter object given a File object.
+ * Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given the {@code File} to write,
+ * using the platform's
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}
*
- * @param file a File object to write to.
+ * @param file the {@code File} to write.
* @throws IOException if the file exists but is a directory rather than
* a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created,
* or cannot be opened for any other reason
*/
public FileWriter(File file) throws IOException {
super(new FileOutputStream(file));
}
/**
- * Constructs a FileWriter object given a File object. If the second
- * argument is {@code true}, then bytes will be written to the end
- * of the file rather than the beginning.
+ * Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given the {@code File} to write and
+ * a boolean indicating whether to append the data written, using the platform's
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}.
*
- * @param file a File object to write to
+ * @param file the {@code File} to write
* @param append if {@code true}, then bytes will be written
* to the end of the file rather than the beginning
* @throws IOException if the file exists but is a directory rather than
* a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created,
* or cannot be opened for any other reason
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public FileWriter(File file, boolean append) throws IOException {
super(new FileOutputStream(file, append));
}
/**
- * Constructs a FileWriter object associated with a file descriptor.
+ * Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file descriptor,
+ * using the platform's
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}.
*
- * @param fd FileDescriptor object to write to.
+ * @param fd the {@code FileDescriptor} to write.
*/
public FileWriter(FileDescriptor fd) {
super(new FileOutputStream(fd));
}
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file name and
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.
+ *
+ * @param fileName the name of the file to write
+ * @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
+ * @throws IOException if the named file exists but is a directory rather
+ * than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be
+ * created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
+ *
+ * @since 11
+ */
+ public FileWriter(String fileName, Charset charset) throws IOException {
+ super(new FileOutputStream(fileName), charset);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file name,
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} and a boolean indicating
+ * whether to append the data written.
+ *
+ * @param fileName the name of the file to write
+ * @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
+ * @param append a boolean. If {@code true}, the writer will write the data
+ * to the end of the file rather than the beginning.
+ * @throws IOException if the named file exists but is a directory rather
+ * than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be
+ * created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
+ *
+ * @since 11
+ */
+ public FileWriter(String fileName, Charset charset, boolean append) throws IOException {
+ super(new FileOutputStream(fileName, append), charset);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given the {@code File} to write and
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.
+ *
+ * @param file the {@code File} to write
+ * @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
+ * @throws IOException if the file exists but is a directory rather than
+ * a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created,
+ * or cannot be opened for any other reason
+ *
+ * @since 11
+ */
+ public FileWriter(File file, Charset charset) throws IOException {
+ super(new FileOutputStream(file), charset);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given the {@code File} to write,
+ * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} and a boolean indicating
+ * whether to append the data written.
+ *
+ * @param file the {@code File} to write
+ * @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
+ * @param append a boolean. If {@code true}, the writer will write the data
+ * to the end of the file rather than the beginning.
+ * @throws IOException if the file exists but is a directory rather than
+ * a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created,
+ * or cannot be opened for any other reason
+ * @since 11
+ */
+ public FileWriter(File file, Charset charset, boolean append) throws IOException {
+ super(new FileOutputStream(file, append), charset);
+ }
}
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