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

If you only care about pushing one block of text to file, this will overwrite it each time.

JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
int returnVal = chooser.showSaveDialog(this);
if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
    FileOutputStream stream = null;
    PrintStream out = null;
    try {
        File file = chooser.getSelectedFile();
        stream = new FileOutputStream(file); 
        String text = "Your String goes here";
        out = new PrintStream(stream);
        out.print(text);                  //This will overwrite existing contents

    } catch (Exception ex) {
        //do something
    } finally {
        try {
            if(stream!=null) stream.close();
            if(out!=null) out.close();
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            //do something
        }
    }
}

This example allows the user to select a file using a file chooser.