java.io

Class FileOutputStream

public class FileOutputStream extends OutputStream

This classes allows a stream of data to be written to a disk file or any open FileDescriptor.
Constructor Summary
FileOutputStream(String path, boolean append)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the named file.
FileOutputStream(String path)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the named file.
FileOutputStream(File file)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the specified File object.
FileOutputStream(File file, boolean append)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the specified File object.
FileOutputStream(FileDescriptor fdObj)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the file represented by the specified FileDescriptor object.
Method Summary
voidclose()
This method closes the underlying file.
protected voidfinalize()
FileChannelgetChannel()
This method creates a java.nio.channels.FileChannel.
FileDescriptorgetFD()
This method returns a FileDescriptor object representing the file that is currently being written to
voidwrite(int b)
This method writes a single byte of data to the file.
voidwrite(byte[] buf)
This method writes all the bytes in the specified array to the file.
voidwrite(byte[] buf, int offset, int len)
This method writes len bytes from the byte array buf to the file starting at index offset.

Constructor Detail

FileOutputStream

public FileOutputStream(String path, boolean append)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the named file. The file is created if it does not exist, and the bytes written are written starting at the beginning of the file if the append argument is false or at the end of the file if the append argument is true.

Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the checkWrite method of the SecurityManager (if one exists) with the name of the file to be opened. An exception is thrown if writing is not allowed.

Parameters: path The name of the file this stream should write to append true to append bytes to the end of the file, or false to write bytes to the beginning

Throws: SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed FileNotFoundException If a non-security error occurs

FileOutputStream

public FileOutputStream(String path)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the named file. The file is created if it does not exist, and the bytes written are written starting at the beginning of the file.

Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the checkWrite method of the SecurityManager (if one exists) with the name of the file to be opened. An exception is thrown if writing is not allowed.

Parameters: path The name of the file this stream should write to

Throws: SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed FileNotFoundException If a non-security error occurs

FileOutputStream

public FileOutputStream(File file)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the specified File object. The file is created if it does not exist, and the bytes written are written starting at the beginning of the file.

Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the checkWrite method of the SecurityManager (if one exists) with the name of the file to be opened. An exception is thrown if writing is not allowed.

Parameters: file The File object this stream should write to

Throws: SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed FileNotFoundException If a non-security error occurs

FileOutputStream

public FileOutputStream(File file, boolean append)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the specified File object. The file is created if it does not exist, and the bytes written are written starting at the beginning of the file if the append parameter is false. Otherwise bytes are written at the end of the file.

Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the checkWrite method of the SecurityManager (if one exists) with the name of the file to be opened. An exception is thrown if writing is not allowed.

Parameters: file The File object this stream should write to append true to append bytes to the end of the file, or false to write bytes to the beginning

Throws: SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed FileNotFoundException If a non-security error occurs

FileOutputStream

public FileOutputStream(FileDescriptor fdObj)
This method initializes a FileOutputStream object to write to the file represented by the specified FileDescriptor object. This method does not create any underlying disk file or reposition the file pointer of the given descriptor. It assumes that this descriptor is ready for writing as is.

Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the checkWrite method of the SecurityManager (if one exists) with the specified FileDescriptor as an argument. An exception is thrown if writing is not allowed.

Parameters: fdObj The FileDescriptor this stream should write to

Throws: SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed

Method Detail

close

public void close()
This method closes the underlying file. Any further attempts to write to this stream will likely generate an exception since the file is closed.

Throws: IOException If an error occurs

finalize

protected void finalize()

getChannel

public FileChannel getChannel()
This method creates a java.nio.channels.FileChannel. Nio does not allow one to create a file channel directly. A file channel must be created by first creating an instance of Input/Output/RandomAccessFile and invoking the getChannel() method on it.

getFD

public final FileDescriptor getFD()
This method returns a FileDescriptor object representing the file that is currently being written to

Returns: A FileDescriptor object for this stream

Throws: IOException If an error occurs

write

public void write(int b)
This method writes a single byte of data to the file.

Parameters: b The byte of data to write, passed as an int

Throws: IOException If an error occurs

write

public void write(byte[] buf)
This method writes all the bytes in the specified array to the file.

Parameters: buf The array of bytes to write to the file

Throws: IOException If an error occurs

write

public void write(byte[] buf, int offset, int len)
This method writes len bytes from the byte array buf to the file starting at index offset.

Parameters: buf The array of bytes to write to the file offset The offset into the array to start writing bytes from len The number of bytes to write to the file

Throws: IOException If an error occurs