open FileWriter in main function and pass in as parameter

[moongeegee]

I open a file by using FileWriter in main() function, the code as
below. I want to pass the outputStream
as parameter as foo(str,outputStream). Please help.

try {
FileWriter outputStream = new FileWriter("out.txt",true);
....
}
catch(...) {
}
foo(str,outputStream);

 

[Knute Johnson]

I open a file by using FileWriter in main() function, the code as
below. I want to pass the outputStream
as parameter as foo(str,outputStream). Please help.

try {
FileWriter outputStream = new FileWriter("out.txt",true);
....
}
catch(...) {
}
foo(str,outputStream);

FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
fos = new FileOutputStream("file.name");
foo(str,fos);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
}

You can't mix writers and streams. Pick one or the other. The example
above uses streams. With the scheme above, if your file doesn't exist
or for whatever reason it throws an IOException your foo method won't
get called and blow up that code.

 

[Roedy Green]

try {
FileWriter outputStream = new FileWriter("out.txt",true);

for sample code for all your java.io needs, see
http://mindprod.com/applet/fileio.html

 

[Piotr Kobzda]

try {
FileWriter outputStream = new FileWriter("out.txt",true);
....
}
catch(...) {
}
foo(str,outputStream);

IIUC, and your problem is a scope of the local, try the following:

FileWriter outputStream;
try {
outputStream = new FileWriter("out.txt",true);
....


piotr

 

[Patricia Shanahan]

IIUC, and your problem is a scope of the local, try the following:

FileWriter outputStream;
try {
outputStream = new FileWriter("out.txt",true);
....


piotr

Depending on what is in the catch block, outputStream may not be
definitely assigned at the end of the try-catch. If there are definite
assignment problems, initialize it in its declaration.

FileWriter outputStream = null;

Of course, the code should be written so that the null initialization
will not reach the use after the try-catch, for example because of a
System.exit call.

Patricia