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

import java.io.*;

private void stringToFile( String text, String fileName )
 {
 try
 {
    File file = new File( fileName );

    // if file doesnt exists, then create it 
    if ( ! file.exists( ) )
    {
        file.createNewFile( );
    }

    FileWriter fw = new FileWriter( file.getAbsoluteFile( ) );
    BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter( fw );
    bw.write( text );
    bw.close( );
    //System.out.println("Done writing to " + fileName); //For testing 
 }
 catch( IOException e )
 {
 System.out.println("Error: " + e);
 e.printStackTrace( );
 }
} //End method stringToFile

You can insert this method into your classes. If you are using this method in a class with a main method, change this class to static by adding the static key word. Either way you will need to import java.io.* to make it work otherwise File, FileWriter and BufferedWriter will not be recognized.