Java class for writing text to a character-output stream, buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient writing of single characters, arrays, and strings.
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Effect of frequent sdcard writes
In my chat app, I am adding the ability to log chats. The logs are saved on the sdcard and one BufferedWriter is kept open for every person/channel chat is done with. I'm wondering what effects this might have have on the sdcard and its life.
My…

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File Not Found Exception using Java FileWriter
I am trying to write to a txt file from a JAVA Application. I have tried using Buffered Writer, then just FileWriter to create a new file within a potentially new (not indefinitely since more files with different names will be later programatically…

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Does java.io.FileWriter buffer bytes before writing to the output stream
As per java docs,
In general, a Writer sends its output immediately to the underlying
character or byte stream. Unless prompt output is required, it is
advisable to wrap a BufferedWriter around any Writer whose write()
operations may be…

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Bufferedwriter works, but file empty?
I have the following code:
CSVmaker(LinkedList data) {
String [] myLines = makeStrings(data);
// for (int k = 0; k

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Java BufferedWriter can't write certain characters
I decided to do a test for how many different characters I could write. I tried this code:
for (int i = 0;i < 255;i++) {
myBufferedWriter.write(i);
}
But in the file, using my hex editor, I saw it counted normally at first 01, 02, 03..., but…

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"\n" not working when exported to .jar file
I have an output file for a program I have written. It is written by a FileWriter and BufferedWriter.
FileWriter errout = new FileWriter(new File("_ErrorList.txt"));
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(errout);
Later I write to the…

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Good practice in Java File I/O
I am trying to read integers from a file, apply some operation on them and writing those resulting integers to another file.
// Input
FileReader fr = new FileReader("test.txt");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
Scanner s = new…

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Java Read / Write To File - BufferedReader BufferedWriter
This is a code snippet but basically what I want to do is read from a file named 'listings.txt' and write to a file named 'overview.txt'. I want to take the information out of 'listings.txt' and put them into 'overview.txt' as is (I will figure out…

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When I run the class, it produces a 0kb blank file. Can someone point out where I am mistakened?
I try to write something into the filename "aq.txt". There is no problem with the directory.
FileOutputStream fos= null;
try{
String xyz= "You should stop using xyz";
fos= new FileOutputStream("aq.txt");
Writer wrt= new…

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new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new PrintWriter(s.getOutputStream, true)))
I am wondering is it possible to do
new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new PrintWriter(s.getOutputStream, true)))
in Java where s is a Socket? Because it's impossible to create a BufferedWriter from an outputstream, I have wrapped the…

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copying the content of two linkedlists into a text file in java
I have two linkedlists A1 and A2, both contain very long strings.
I want to paste these strings for both linkedlists in one file
i am using this function:
private static void append(LinkedList A1, LinkedList A2) {
try{
BufferedWriter outC = new…

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Deferring BufferedWriter.write to another thread
I have an event processing scheme which should also eventually write to file; I cannot afford to delay the event when the file is being flushed, i.e. waiting to the end of BufferedWriter.write(String).
I'm looking for the easiest way to achieve that…

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In Java, what is the difference between using a BufferedWriter or writing straight to file?
Possible Duplicate:
In Java, what is the advantage of using BufferedWriter to append to a file?
The site that I am looking at says
"The BufferWriter class is used to write text to a character-output stream, buffering characters so as to provide…

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Java BufferedWriter Write method
I am creating a CSV file using BufferedWriter from a ResultSet object. A few of the database columns hold null values.
When I call obj.write(rs.get()) I am getting a NullPointerException when the output is null. Is there any other class other than…

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BufferedReader to BufferedWriter
How can I obtain a BufferedWriter from a BufferedReader?
I'd like to be able to do something like this:
BufferedReader read = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(...));
BufferedWriter write = new BufferedWriter(read);

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