Groovy JDK

java.io
Class Writer

Method Summary
Writer leftShift(Object value)
Overloads the leftShift operator for Writer to allow an object to be written using Groovy's default representation for the object.
PrintWriter newPrintWriter()
Create a new PrintWriter for this file, using specified charset.
Object withPrintWriter(Closure closure)
Create a new PrintWriter with a specified charset for this file.
Object withWriter(Closure closure)
Allows this writer to be used within the closure, ensuring that it is flushed and closed before this method returns.
void write(Writable writable)
A helper method so that dynamic dispatch of the writer.write(object) method will always use the more efficient Writable.writeTo(writer) mechanism if the object implements the Writable interface.
 
Method Detail

leftShift

public Writer leftShift(Object value)
 
Overloads the leftShift operator for Writer to allow an object to be written using Groovy's default representation for the object.
Parameters:
value - an Object whose default representation will be written to the Writer.
Returns:
the writer on which this operation was invoked
Since:
1.0

newPrintWriter

public PrintWriter newPrintWriter()
 
Create a new PrintWriter for this file, using specified charset.
Returns:
a PrintWriter
Since:
1.6.0

withPrintWriter

public Object withPrintWriter(Closure closure)
 
Create a new PrintWriter with a specified charset for this file. The writer is passed to the closure, and will be closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
closure - the closure to invoke with the PrintWriter.
Returns:
the value returned by the closure
Since:
1.6.0

withWriter

public Object withWriter(Closure closure)
 
Allows this writer to be used within the closure, ensuring that it is flushed and closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
closure - the closure that the writer is passed into.
Returns:
the value returned by the closure
Since:
1.5.2

write

public void write(Writable writable)
 
A helper method so that dynamic dispatch of the writer.write(object) method will always use the more efficient Writable.writeTo(writer) mechanism if the object implements the Writable interface.
Parameters:
writable - an object implementing the Writable interface.
Since:
1.0

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