Uses of Class
java.io.Writer

Packages that use Writer

Package	Description
java.io
java.util

Uses of Writer in java.io

Subclasses of Writer in java.io

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	BufferedWriter Writes text to a character-output stream, buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient writing of single characters, arrays, and strings.
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 encoded into bytes using a specified charset.
class	PrintWriter Prints 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

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
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 that return Writer

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Writer	Writer.append(char c) Appends the specified character to this writer.
Writer	Writer.append(CharSequence csq) Appends the specified character sequence to this writer.
Writer	Writer.append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) Appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this writer.

Constructors in java.io with parameters of type Writer

Constructor and Description
BufferedWriter(Writer out) Creates a buffered character-output stream that uses a default-sized output buffer.
BufferedWriter(Writer out, int sz) Creates a new buffered character-output stream that uses an output buffer of the given size.
FilterWriter(Writer out) Create a new filtered writer.
PrintWriter(Writer out) Creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing.
PrintWriter(Writer out, boolean autoFlush) Creates a new PrintWriter.

Uses of Writer in java.util

Methods in java.util with parameters of type Writer

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	Properties.store(Writer writer, String comments) Writes this property list (key and element pairs) in this Properties table to the output character stream in a format suitable for using the load(Reader) method.