How to write to a new File object [duplicate]

Question

I created a new file like this:

File f = new File(filename);
if (!f.exists()) {
    f.createNewFile();
}

how do I write to it? I only found how to write to a Path object using Files.write

By creating a FileOutputStream or a FileWriter.

Elliott Frisch
– Elliott Frisch

2017-03-23 09:23:28 +00:00
Commented Mar 23, 2017 at 9:23 — Elliott Frisch
– Elliott Frisch, Commented Mar 23, 2017 at 9:23

Edd · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-23 09:24:57Z

2

You can use a BufferedWriter like this

File f = new File(filename);
BufferedWriter bw = null;
try
{
   bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(f));
   bw.write("some data");
} catch (IOException ex)
{
    //do something 
} finally
{
    if (bw != null)
    {
        try
        {
            bw.close();
        } catch (IOException ex)
        {
        }
    }
}

With modern Java (7+), this can be condensed as:

File f = new File(filename);
try(BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(f)))
{
   bw.write("some data");
} catch (IOException ex)
{
    //do something 
}

with the use of try-with-resources

answered Mar 23, 2017 at 9:24

Edd

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