How to Create a Text File in Java
In this article we will see the sample code to create a text file in java.In this example, we’ll use the PrintWriter class.
September 9, 2014 · 2 min read
In this article we will see how to create a text file in java. In this example, we’ll use the PrintWriter class.
package com.javatechig;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
public class CreateTextFile {
public static void main(String[] args) {
PrintWriter writer = null;
try {
/* Create a new file with UTF-8 encoding */
writer = new PrintWriter("file1.txt", "UTF-8");
/* Write content to file */
writer.println("Hello, this is a binary file.");
writer.println("Put your file contents here...");
writer.close();
System.out.println("New File Created!");
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}