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java.io
Class OutputStreamWriter

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.Writer
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        +--java.io.OutputStreamWriter
Direct Known Subclasses:
FileWriter

public class OutputStreamWriter
extends Writer

Write characters to an output stream, translating characters into bytes according to a specified character encoding. Each OutputStreamWriter incorporates its own CharToByteConverter, and is thus a bridge from character streams to byte streams.

The encoding used by an OutputStreamWriter may be specified by name, by providing a CharToByteConverter, or by accepting the default encoding, which is defined by the system property file.encoding.

Each invocation of a write() method causes the encoding converter to be invoked on the given character(s). The resulting bytes are accumulated in a buffer before being written to the underlying output stream. The size of this buffer may be specified, but by default it is large enough for most purposes. Note that the characters passed to the write() methods are not buffered. For top efficiency, consider wrapping an OutputStreamWriter within a BufferedWriter so as to avoid frequent converter invocations. For example,

 Writer out
   = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.out));
 

Since:
JDK1.1
See Also:
BufferedWriter, OutputStream

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer
lock
 
Constructor Summary
OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream out)
          Create an OutputStreamWriter that uses the default character encoding.
OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream out, String enc)
          Create an OutputStreamWriter that uses the named character encoding.
 
Method Summary
 void close()
          Close the stream.
 void flush()
          Flush the stream.
 String getEncoding()
          Returns the canonical name of the character encoding being used by this stream.
 void write(char[] cbuf, int off, int len)
          Write a portion of an array of characters.
 void write(int c)
          Write a single character.
 void write(String str, int off, int len)
          Write a portion of a string.
 
Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer
write, write
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

OutputStreamWriter

public OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream out,
                          String enc)
                   throws UnsupportedEncodingException
Create an OutputStreamWriter that uses the named character encoding.
Parameters:
out - An OutputStream
enc - Name of the encoding to be used
Throws:
UnsupportedEncodingException - If the named encoding is not supported

OutputStreamWriter

public OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream out)
Create an OutputStreamWriter that uses the default character encoding.
Parameters:
out - An OutputStream
Method Detail

getEncoding

public String getEncoding()
Returns the canonical name of the character encoding being used by this stream. If this OutputStreamWriter was created with the OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream, String) constructor, the returned encoding name, being canonical, may differ from the encoding name passed to the constructor. May return null if the stream has been closed.

write

public void write(int c)
           throws IOException
Write a single character.
Overrides:
write in class Writer
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

write

public void write(char[] cbuf,
                  int off,
                  int len)
           throws IOException
Write a portion of an array of characters.
Overrides:
write in class Writer
Parameters:
cbuf - Buffer of characters
off - Offset from which to start writing characters
len - Number of characters to write
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

write

public void write(String str,
                  int off,
                  int len)
           throws IOException
Write a portion of a string.
Overrides:
write in class Writer
Parameters:
str - A String
off - Offset from which to start writing characters
len - Number of characters to write
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

flush

public void flush()
           throws IOException
Flush the stream.
Overrides:
flush in class Writer
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

close

public void close()
           throws IOException
Close the stream.
Overrides:
close in class Writer
Throws:
IOException - If an I/O error occurs

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