How do I save a String to a text file using Java?

Question

In Java, I have text from a text field in a String variable called \"text\".

How can I save the contents of the \"text\" variable to a file?

Answer 1

In Java 7 you can do this:

String content = "Hello File!";
String path = "C:/a.txt";
Files.write( Paths.get(path), content.getBytes());

There is more info here: http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/java-se-7-new-file-io/231600403