How do you “empty” a StringWriter in Java?

Question

What is the correct way to \"empty\" a StringWriter in Java so that I can reuse the StringWriter without having to create a new one? Neither StringWriter.flush

Answer 1

Alternatively, we could also delete the buffer using the following code:

StringBuffer buf = ****.getBuffer();
buf.delete(0,buf.length());

Answer 2

How about calling getBuffer().setLength(0)?