/* FileWriter.java -- Convenience class for writing to files.
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package java.io;

/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
 * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
 * Status:  Complete to version 1.1.
 */

/**
  * This is a convenience class for writing to files.  It creates an
  * <code>FileOutputStream</code> and initializes an 
  * <code>OutputStreamWriter</code> to write to it.
  *
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
  */
public class FileWriter extends OutputStreamWriter
{

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Constructors
 */
 
/**
  * This method initializes a new <code>FileWriter</code> object to write
  * to the specified <code>File</code> object.
  *
  * @param file The <code>File</code> object to write to.
  *
  * @param SecurityException If writing to this file is forbidden by the
  *                          <code>SecurityManager</code>.
  * @param IOException If any other error occurs
  */
public 
FileWriter(File file) throws SecurityException, IOException
{
  super(new FileOutputStream(file));
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method initializes a new <code>FileWriter</code> object to write
  * to the specified <code>FileDescriptor</code> object.
  *
  * @param fd The <code>FileDescriptor</code> object to write to
  *
  * @param SecurityException If writing to this file is forbidden by the
  *                          <code>SecurityManager</code>.
  */
public
FileWriter(FileDescriptor fd) throws SecurityException
{
  super(new FileOutputStream(fd));
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method intializes a new <code>FileWriter</code> object to write to the
  * specified named file.
  *
  * @param name The name of the file to write to
  *
  * @param SecurityException If writing to this file is forbidden by the
  *                          <code>SecurityManager</code>.
  * @param IOException If any other error occurs
  */
public
FileWriter(String name) throws IOException
{
  super(new FileOutputStream(name));
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method intializes a new <code>FileWriter</code> object to write to the
  * specified named file.  This form of the constructor allows the caller
  * to determin whether data should be written starting at the beginning or
  * the end of the file.
  *
  * @param name The name of the file to write to
  * @param append <code>true</code> to start adding data at the end of the
  *               file, <code>false</code> otherwise.
  *
  * @param SecurityException If writing to this file is forbidden by the
  *                          <code>SecurityManager</code>.
  * @param IOException If any other error occurs
  */
public
FileWriter(String name, boolean append) throws IOException
{
  super(new FileOutputStream(name, append));
}

} // class FileWriter