Yeah. Can't help you there. Most things require a little bit of work - and documentation is one of them. ;-) The FileWriter super class has an encoding parameter you can set.
If you're using an IDE most of them have code lookup features that will help you explore the API a little easier. And they also autogenerate comment stubs. Mark --- Kenneth Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That would work except for three things: > > A) I have to write/document/maintain the function. > B) There is no encoding parameter. > C) Garbage collection hints are missing. > > Granted, if I wrote it myself, reasons B and C would > be handled. > > Mostly, I was just wanting to be lazy and use > someone else's already > tested/debugged code. :-) > > I've been really impressed with the Commons IO > library. There are so > many methods/classes/interfaces/etc. that are "the > way things ought to > be". The only lament I have about this library is > that I was programming > in Java for 8 months before I heard about it. > > Kenneth > > At 02:37 PM 4/6/2006, you wrote: > >Kenneth, > >You might want to try this: > >http://javaalmanac.com/egs/java.io/AppendToFile.html > > > >HTH, > >Mark > > > >Kenneth Love wrote: > >> > >>Hello, > >> > >>I'm looking for a function similar to the > following: > >> > >>org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.writeStringToFile(file, > msg, encoding) > >> > >>I need to append to an already existing file. > Unfortunately, the > >>function call above overwrites the contents of the > file. > >> > >>Does a function with the functionality I need > already exist somewhere > >>in the Jakarta Commons libraries? > >> > >>How easy would it be to overload > writeStringToFile() so that it has a > >>fourth parameter allowing appending to a file > instead of overwriting it? > >> > >> > Sincerely, > >> > Kenneth Love > >> > >> > >>Kenneth Love My opinions are > my own and no > >>Oklahoma Tax Commission relation to > reality should > >>Integrated Tax System be inferred. > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Kenneth Love My opinions are > my own and no > Oklahoma Tax Commission relation to > reality should > Integrated Tax System be inferred. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
