Introduction
The Java.io FilterWriter is the class used to write the characters which are filtered. The filter writer is subclass to the writer class and overrides all the methods from the writer class. In filter writer class also have its default methods.
Declaration
Java.io FilterWriter class is declared below:
Public abstract class Java.io FilterWriter extends Writer Fields
Java.io FilterWriter class fields are:
- Protected Writer out : The field represents the output stream have to write.
- Protected Object Lock : For synchronize operations this object is used in FilterWriter.
Table
| Constructor | Description |
|---|---|
| Protected FilterWriter(Writer out) | The function of this constructor is to create the filer writer instance and used to write from output stream. |
Table
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| void close () | The function of this method is to close the present stream and associated to input stream systems resources are released. |
| void flush () | The function of this method is to flush the specified output stream. |
| void write (int c) | The function of this method is to write the represented character into output stream. |
| void write (Char[] cbuf, int off, int n) | By using this method it writes the data up to ‘n’ length from the output stream to an array of Characters. |
Description
From the following classes, methods are inherited to the filter writer class.
- Java.io.Object
- Java.io.Writer
Examples
Usage of void close() method.
[c]import java.io.FilterWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
public class FilterWriter
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
FilterWriter fw = null;
Writer w = null;
String s=null;
try{
// creating a new reader
w = new StringWriter(6);
// creating a new filter writer
fw = new FilterWriter(w) {
};
// write to filter writer
fw.write(83);
// To get the string
s = w.toString();
// print
System.out.println("String: "+s);
}catch(Exception e)
{
// if any I/O error occurs
e.printStackTrace();
}finally
{
// releases all the system resources associated with this stream
if(w!=null)
w.close();
if(fw!=null)
{
fw.close();
System.out.println("close() method accessed");
System.out.print("flushes out then closes the stream");
}
}
}
}[/c]
Output
The result will be as follows.
[c]
String: S
close() method accessed
flushes out then closes the stream[/c]
Usage of void write (Char[] cbuf, int off, int n) method
[c]import java.io.FilterWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
public class FilterWriter
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
FilterWriter fw = null;
Writer w = null;
char[] cbuf={'S','P','L','E','S','S', 'O', 'N', 'S'};
String s=null;
try{
// creating a new string writer
w = new StringWriter(6);
// creating a new filter writer
fw = new FilterWriter(w) {
};
// write to the filter writer from character buffer
fw.write(cbuf, 2, 4);
// To get the string
s = w.toString();
// To print
System.out.print("String: "+s);
}catch(Exception e)
{
// If any I/O error occurs
e.printStackTrace();
}finally
{
// releases all the system resources associated with this stream
if(w!=null)
w.close();
if(fw!=null)
fw.close();
}
}
}[/c]
Output
The result will be as follows.
[c]String: LESS[/c]
Key Points
- The filter writer is the class used to write the characters which are filtered.
- The filter writer is subclass to the writer class and overrides all the methods from the writer class.