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package java.io;


Writes text to a character-output stream, buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient writing of single characters, arrays, and strings.

The buffer size may be specified, or the default size may be accepted. The default is large enough for most purposes.

A newLine() method is provided, which uses the platform's own notion of line separator as defined by the system property line.separator. Not all platforms use the newline character ('\n') to terminate lines. Calling this method to terminate each output line is therefore preferred to writing a newline character directly.

In general, a Writer sends its output immediately to the underlying character or byte stream. Unless prompt output is required, it is advisable to wrap a BufferedWriter around any Writer whose write() operations may be costly, such as FileWriters and OutputStreamWriters. For example,

PrintWriter out
  = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("foo.out")));
will buffer the PrintWriter's output to the file. Without buffering, each invocation of a print() method would cause characters to be converted into bytes that would then be written immediately to the file, which can be very inefficient.
Author: Mark Reinhold
See Also:
Since: 1.1
/** * Writes text to a character-output stream, buffering characters so as to * provide for the efficient writing of single characters, arrays, and strings. * * <p> The buffer size may be specified, or the default size may be accepted. * The default is large enough for most purposes. * * <p> A newLine() method is provided, which uses the platform's own notion of * line separator as defined by the system property {@code line.separator}. * Not all platforms use the newline character ('\n') to terminate lines. * Calling this method to terminate each output line is therefore preferred to * writing a newline character directly. * * <p> In general, a Writer sends its output immediately to the underlying * character or byte stream. Unless prompt output is required, it is advisable * to wrap a BufferedWriter around any Writer whose write() operations may be * costly, such as FileWriters and OutputStreamWriters. For example, * * <pre> * PrintWriter out * = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("foo.out"))); * </pre> * * will buffer the PrintWriter's output to the file. Without buffering, each * invocation of a print() method would cause characters to be converted into * bytes that would then be written immediately to the file, which can be very * inefficient. * * @see PrintWriter * @see FileWriter * @see OutputStreamWriter * @see java.nio.file.Files#newBufferedWriter * * @author Mark Reinhold * @since 1.1 */
public class BufferedWriter extends Writer { private Writer out; private char cb[]; private int nChars, nextChar; private static int defaultCharBufferSize = 8192;
Creates a buffered character-output stream that uses a default-sized output buffer.
Params:
  • out – A Writer
/** * Creates a buffered character-output stream that uses a default-sized * output buffer. * * @param out A Writer */
public BufferedWriter(Writer out) { this(out, defaultCharBufferSize); }
Creates a new buffered character-output stream that uses an output buffer of the given size.
Params:
  • out – A Writer
  • sz – Output-buffer size, a positive integer
Throws:
/** * Creates a new buffered character-output stream that uses an output * buffer of the given size. * * @param out A Writer * @param sz Output-buffer size, a positive integer * * @exception IllegalArgumentException If {@code sz <= 0} */
public BufferedWriter(Writer out, int sz) { super(out); if (sz <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Buffer size <= 0"); this.out = out; cb = new char[sz]; nChars = sz; nextChar = 0; }
Checks to make sure that the stream has not been closed
/** Checks to make sure that the stream has not been closed */
private void ensureOpen() throws IOException { if (out == null) throw new IOException("Stream closed"); }
Flushes the output buffer to the underlying character stream, without flushing the stream itself. This method is non-private only so that it may be invoked by PrintStream.
/** * Flushes the output buffer to the underlying character stream, without * flushing the stream itself. This method is non-private only so that it * may be invoked by PrintStream. */
void flushBuffer() throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { ensureOpen(); if (nextChar == 0) return; out.write(cb, 0, nextChar); nextChar = 0; } }
Writes a single character.
Throws:
  • IOException – If an I/O error occurs
/** * Writes a single character. * * @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs */
public void write(int c) throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { ensureOpen(); if (nextChar >= nChars) flushBuffer(); cb[nextChar++] = (char) c; } }
Our own little min method, to avoid loading java.lang.Math if we've run out of file descriptors and we're trying to print a stack trace.
/** * Our own little min method, to avoid loading java.lang.Math if we've run * out of file descriptors and we're trying to print a stack trace. */
private int min(int a, int b) { if (a < b) return a; return b; }
Writes a portion of an array of characters.

Ordinarily this method stores characters from the given array into this stream's buffer, flushing the buffer to the underlying stream as needed. If the requested length is at least as large as the buffer, however, then this method will flush the buffer and write the characters directly to the underlying stream. Thus redundant BufferedWriters will not copy data unnecessarily.

Params:
  • cbuf – A character array
  • off – Offset from which to start reading characters
  • len – Number of characters to write
Throws:
/** * Writes a portion of an array of characters. * * <p> Ordinarily this method stores characters from the given array into * this stream's buffer, flushing the buffer to the underlying stream as * needed. If the requested length is at least as large as the buffer, * however, then this method will flush the buffer and write the characters * directly to the underlying stream. Thus redundant * {@code BufferedWriter}s will not copy data unnecessarily. * * @param cbuf A character array * @param off Offset from which to start reading characters * @param len Number of characters to write * * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException * If {@code off} is negative, or {@code len} is negative, * or {@code off + len} is negative or greater than the length * of the given array * * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs */
public void write(char cbuf[], int off, int len) throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { ensureOpen(); if ((off < 0) || (off > cbuf.length) || (len < 0) || ((off + len) > cbuf.length) || ((off + len) < 0)) { throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(); } else if (len == 0) { return; } if (len >= nChars) { /* If the request length exceeds the size of the output buffer, flush the buffer and then write the data directly. In this way buffered streams will cascade harmlessly. */ flushBuffer(); out.write(cbuf, off, len); return; } int b = off, t = off + len; while (b < t) { int d = min(nChars - nextChar, t - b); System.arraycopy(cbuf, b, cb, nextChar, d); b += d; nextChar += d; if (nextChar >= nChars) flushBuffer(); } } }
Writes a portion of a String.
Params:
  • s – String to be written
  • off – Offset from which to start reading characters
  • len – Number of characters to be written
Throws:
Implementation Requirements: While the specification of this method in the superclass recommends that an IndexOutOfBoundsException be thrown if len is negative or off + len is negative, the implementation in this class does not throw such an exception in these cases but instead simply writes no characters.
/** * Writes a portion of a String. * * @implSpec * While the specification of this method in the * {@linkplain java.io.Writer#write(java.lang.String,int,int) superclass} * recommends that an {@link IndexOutOfBoundsException} be thrown * if {@code len} is negative or {@code off + len} is negative, * the implementation in this class does not throw such an exception in * these cases but instead simply writes no characters. * * @param s String to be written * @param off Offset from which to start reading characters * @param len Number of characters to be written * * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException * If {@code off} is negative, * or {@code off + len} is greater than the length * of the given string * * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs */
public void write(String s, int off, int len) throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { ensureOpen(); int b = off, t = off + len; while (b < t) { int d = min(nChars - nextChar, t - b); s.getChars(b, b + d, cb, nextChar); b += d; nextChar += d; if (nextChar >= nChars) flushBuffer(); } } }
Writes a line separator. The line separator string is defined by the system property line.separator, and is not necessarily a single newline ('\n') character.
Throws:
/** * Writes a line separator. The line separator string is defined by the * system property {@code line.separator}, and is not necessarily a single * newline ('\n') character. * * @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs */
public void newLine() throws IOException { write(System.lineSeparator()); }
Flushes the stream.
Throws:
  • IOException – If an I/O error occurs
/** * Flushes the stream. * * @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs */
public void flush() throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { flushBuffer(); out.flush(); } } @SuppressWarnings("try") public void close() throws IOException { synchronized (lock) { if (out == null) { return; } try (Writer w = out) { flushBuffer(); } finally { out = null; cb = null; } } } }