How do I create an OutputStream that writes to a FileChannel

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I have a FileChannel object (which I need so I can apply a FileLock to the file), and I want to write to the file it references using a simple OututStream. How do I create an OutputStream that writes to a FileChannel?

This should be in the Java API somewhere, but I can't find it. FileChannel does not have a suitable factory method. The FileOutputStream class does not have a suitable constructor. The Files class (of Java 7) has no suitable methods.

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The Java API provides suitable factory methods in the Channels class. The factory method newOutputStream(WritableByteChannel) can create an OutputStream for a given FileChannel, as a FileChannel implements WritableByteChannel.

answered May 12 '14 at 16:41

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