java.io

Class OutputStreamWriter

java.lang.Object

java.io.Writer

java.io.OutputStreamWriter

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileWriter

public class OutputStreamWriter
extends Writer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer

lock

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream outputstream) Creates an instance of OutputStreamWriter.
OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream outputstream, String encoding) Creates an instance of OutputStreamWriter specifying an encoding.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Close the output stream.
void	flush() Flush the output buffer.
String	getEncoding() Get encoding.
void	write(char[] buff, int ofs, int cnt) Writes subset of a character array to the output stream.
void	write(int ch) Writes a character to the output stream.
void	write(String str, int ofs, int len) Writes subset of String to output stream.

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 outputstream)

Creates an instance of OutputStreamWriter.

Parameters:

outputstream - the stream

OutputStreamWriter

public OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream outputstream,
                          String encoding)
                   throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Creates an instance of OutputStreamWriter specifying an encoding.

Parameters:

outputstream - the stream

encoding - the encoding to use

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - if the encoding is not valid

Method Detail

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Close the output stream. releases allocated arrays.

Specified by:

close in class Writer

Throws:

IOException - id the output stream is not available

flush

public void flush()
           throws IOException

Flush the output buffer.

Specified by:

flush in class Writer

Throws:

IOException - if the output stream is not available

getEncoding

public String getEncoding()

Get encoding.

Returns:

the encoding

write

public void write(int ch)
           throws IOException

Writes a character to the output stream.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

ch - the character value

Throws:

IOException - if the stream is not available

write

public void write(String str,
                  int ofs,
                  int len)
           throws IOException

Writes subset of String to output stream.

Overrides:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

str - String containing data to write

ofs - offset to first character in the string

len - length of data to write

Throws:

IOException - if the stream is not available

write

public void write(char[] buff,
                  int ofs,
                  int cnt)
           throws IOException

Writes subset of a character array to the output stream.

Specified by:

write in class Writer

Parameters:

buff - array containing characters to be written?

ofs - offset of the first character to write

cnt - count of characters to be written

Throws:

IOException - if the stream is not available