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Uses of Class
java.io.Writer

Packages that use Writer

java.io

Provides for system input and output through data streams, serialization and the file system.

Uses of Writer in java.io

Subclasses of Writer in java.io

class	BufferedWriter Write text to a character-output stream, buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient writing of single characters, arrays, and strings.
class	CharArrayWriter This class implements a character buffer that can be used as an Writer.
class	FileWriter Convenience class for writing character files.
class	FilterWriter Abstract class for writing filtered character streams.
class	OutputStreamWriter An OutputStreamWriter is a bridge from character streams to byte streams: Characters written to it are translated into bytes according to a specified character encoding.
class	PipedWriter Piped character-output streams.
class	PrintWriter Print formatted representations of objects to a text-output stream.
class	StringWriter A character stream that collects its output in a string buffer, which can then be used to construct a string.

Fields in java.io declared as Writer

protected Writer	PrintWriter.out The underlying character-output stream of this PrintWriter.
protected Writer	FilterWriter.out The underlying character-output stream.

Methods in java.io with parameters of type Writer

void	CharArrayWriter.writeTo(Writer out) Writes the contents of the buffer to another character stream.

Constructors in java.io with parameters of type Writer

BufferedWriter(Writer out)
Create a buffered character-output stream that uses a default-sized output buffer.

BufferedWriter(Writer out, int sz)
Create a new buffered character-output stream that uses an output buffer of the given size.

PrintWriter(Writer out)
Create a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing.

PrintWriter(Writer out, boolean autoFlush)
Create a new PrintWriter.

FilterWriter(Writer out)
Create a new filtered writer.