jetif.ext
Class TextFile

java.lang.Object
  jetif.ext.TextFile

public class TextFile

extends Object

This class TextFile provides a easy way to get a Writer to a text file.

Author:

Vicky Wang

Constructor Summary

TextFile(File file)
Construct from a file object and system encoding.

TextFile(File file, String enc)
Construct from a file object and encoding.

TextFile(String filename, String enc)
Construct from file name and encoding.

Method Summary

Reader	getReader() Get a reader to this text file.
Writer	getWriter(boolean append) Get the writer to this text file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TextFile

public TextFile(String filename,
                String enc)

Construct from file name and encoding.

Parameters:

filename - the file name.

enc - the encoding

TextFile

public TextFile(File file)

Construct from a file object and system encoding.

Parameters:

file -

TextFile

public TextFile(File file,
                String enc)

Construct from a file object and encoding.

Parameters:

file - the file object

enc - the encoding

Method Detail

getWriter

public Writer getWriter(boolean append)
                 throws IOException

Get the writer to this text file. The caller should close the writer when writting completed.

Parameters:

append - true to append the file end.

Returns:

a writer to this text file.

Throws:

IOException

getReader

public Reader getReader()
                 throws IOException

Get a reader to this text file. The caller should close the reader when reading completed.

Returns:

the reader to the file.

Throws:

IOException - if I/O error occurs.