In this example we shall show you how to set the content to a File. We will make use of the org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils class, that provides file manipulation utilities. To set the content to a File one should perform the following steps:
- Create a new File by converting the pathname string of the file into an abstract pathname.
- Create a String to be written to the file.
- Use
writeStringToFile(File file, String data)API method oforg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils, that writes the String to the file creating the file if it does not exist using the default encoding for the VM. - Use
readFileToString(File file)API method oforg.apache.commons.io.FileUtilsto read the contents of the file,
as described in the code snippet below.
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
public class SetContent {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
// We take a reference to an actual file on disk
File file = new File("test.txt");
// We set the string to be written to the file
String data = "Javacodegeeks!!!";
// We write to the file with writeStringToFile Method
FileUtils.writeStringToFile(file, data);
// We test the result
String content = FileUtils.readFileToString(file);
System.out.println("Content : " + content);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Output:
Content : Javacodegeeks!!!
This was an example of how to set the content to a File.
