How to write Text File in Java by BufferedWriter

Java provides a BufferedWriter for writting content to File with high performance when performing with large number of write action. Because BufferedWriter decreases I/O interaction by using internal buffer to write data into File.
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I. BufferedWriter – Classis Approach (Java5, Java6)
String FILE_NAME = "C:\\test\\test.txt";
try {
    BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(FILE_NAME));
    StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
    content.append("Line 1");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 2");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 3");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 4");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 5");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));

    // write content
    bufferedWriter.write(content.toString());
    // close BufferedWriter
    bufferedWriter.close();
    System.out.println("Done");
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Now C:\\test\\test.txt file with content:

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5

For append data to an existed File, In constructor: public FileWriter(String fileName, boolean append)
set append = true
new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(FILE_NAME,true))

try {
    BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(FILE_NAME,true));
    StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
    content.append("Line 6");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 7");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 8");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 9");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 10");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
   
    // write content
    bufferedWriter.write(content.toString());
    // close BufferedWriter
    bufferedWriter.close();
    System.out.println("Done");
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Content of C:\\test\\test.txt file:

Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
Line 6
Line 7
Line 8
Line 9
Line 10
II. BufferedWriter – Java 7 Approach

Implement With JAVA 7: use try-catch-resource
-> No need to CLOSE the buferedWriter after processing.

try(BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(FILE_NAME))){
	StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
	content.append("Line 1");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 2");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 3");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 4");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 5");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    bufferedWriter.write(content.toString());
    System.out.println("Done");
}catch(IOException e){
	e.printStackTrace();
}

Code for Append content:

//
// Append content to a FILE using BufferedWriter
// In constructor: public FileWriter(String fileName, boolean append)
// -> set append = true
//
try(BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(FILE_NAME, true))){
	StringBuffer content = new StringBuffer();
	content.append("Line 6");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 7");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 8");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 9");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    content.append("Line 10");
    content.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
    bufferedWriter.write(content.toString());
    System.out.println("Done");
}catch(IOException e){
	e.printStackTrace();
}
III. Sourcecode

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