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

Using Java 7:

public static void writeToFile(String text, String targetFilePath) throws IOException
{
    Path targetPath = Paths.get(targetFilePath);
    byte[] bytes = text.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    Files.write(targetPath, bytes, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
}