What is the difference between append and write methods of java.io.writer?

Question

The java.io.Writer interface has two methods called append and write. What are the differences between these two? It even says that

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Answer 1

Looks to me like it's a byproduct of the Appendable interface which java.io.Writer implements in order to provide compatibility with java.util.Formatter. As you noted, the documentation points out that for java.io.Writer there is no practical difference between the two methods.