Why can java nio only write bytes?
Is it true that java nio can only write bytes? For instance:
Path path=FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("(a path)")
Files.write(path, "test string".getBytes())
I cannot pass only a string to the second parameter of Files.write.
If this is the case, then why is it that only bytes can be written?
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asked Nov 12 at 1:53
luke kong
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Is it true that java nio can only write bytes? For instance:
Path path=FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("(a path)")
Files.write(path, "test string".getBytes())
I cannot pass only a string to the second parameter of Files.write.
If this is the case, then why is it that only bytes can be written?
java nio
asked Nov 12 at 1:53
luke kong
113
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everything can only write bytes
– Scary Wombat
Nov 12 at 1:56
5
Bytes are what files contain. Anything that looks like it's writing strings, is actually converting them to bytes and writing those. nio is mostly meant as a fast, efficient interface, so it makes sense that it wouldn't have those helpers.
– yshavit
Nov 12 at 2:02
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Is it true that java nio can only write bytes? For instance:
Path path=FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("(a path)")
Files.write(path, "test string".getBytes())
I cannot pass only a string to the second parameter of Files.write.
If this is the case, then why is it that only bytes can be written?
java nio
asked Nov 12 at 1:53
luke kong
113
Is it true that java nio can only write bytes? For instance:
Path path=FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("(a path)")
Files.write(path, "test string".getBytes())
I cannot pass only a string to the second parameter of Files.write.
If this is the case, then why is it that only bytes can be written?
java nio
java nio
asked Nov 12 at 1:53
luke kong
113
asked Nov 12 at 1:53
luke kong
113
asked Nov 12 at 1:53
luke kong
113
asked Nov 12 at 1:53
luke kong
113
asked Nov 12 at 1:53
luke kong
113
113
9
everything can only write bytes
– Scary Wombat
Nov 12 at 1:56
5
Bytes are what files contain. Anything that looks like it's writing strings, is actually converting them to bytes and writing those. nio is mostly meant as a fast, efficient interface, so it makes sense that it wouldn't have those helpers.
– yshavit
Nov 12 at 2:02
add a comment |
9
everything can only write bytes
– Scary Wombat
Nov 12 at 1:56
5
Bytes are what files contain. Anything that looks like it's writing strings, is actually converting them to bytes and writing those. nio is mostly meant as a fast, efficient interface, so it makes sense that it wouldn't have those helpers.
– yshavit
Nov 12 at 2:02
9
9
everything can only write bytes
– Scary Wombat
Nov 12 at 1:56
everything can only write bytes
– Scary Wombat
Nov 12 at 1:56
5
5
Bytes are what files contain. Anything that looks like it's writing strings, is actually converting them to bytes and writing those. nio is mostly meant as a fast, efficient interface, so it makes sense that it wouldn't have those helpers.
– yshavit
Nov 12 at 2:02
Bytes are what files contain. Anything that looks like it's writing strings, is actually converting them to bytes and writing those. nio is mostly meant as a fast, efficient interface, so it makes sense that it wouldn't have those helpers.
– yshavit
Nov 12 at 2:02
add a comment |
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Another method, Files.write(Path,Iterable,Charset,OpenOption...), can be used to write CharSequences directly (a String is a CharSequence).
Write lines of text to a file. Each line is a char sequence and is written to the file in sequence with each line terminated by the platform's line separator, as defined by the system property
line.separator. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0. The method ensures that the file is closed when all lines have been written (or an I/O error or other runtime exception is thrown). If an I/O error occurs then it may do so after the file has been created or truncated, or after some bytes have been written to the file.
Java 8 added an overload that doesn't require a Charset and uses UTF-8 as a default.
Java 11 added another method: Files.writeString(Path,CharSequence,Charset,OpenOption...).
Write a CharSequence to a file. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
All characters are written as they are, including the line separators in the char sequence. No extra characters are added.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0.
This method also has an overload that doesn't require a Charset, using UTF-8 as a default again.
Under the hood, however, the CharSequences are converted to bytes just like Scary Wombat and yshavit mention in the question comments. The documentation of these methods even make this explicit:
Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
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Another method, Files.write(Path,Iterable,Charset,OpenOption...), can be used to write CharSequences directly (a String is a CharSequence).
Write lines of text to a file. Each line is a char sequence and is written to the file in sequence with each line terminated by the platform's line separator, as defined by the system property
line.separator. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0. The method ensures that the file is closed when all lines have been written (or an I/O error or other runtime exception is thrown). If an I/O error occurs then it may do so after the file has been created or truncated, or after some bytes have been written to the file.
Java 8 added an overload that doesn't require a Charset and uses UTF-8 as a default.
Java 11 added another method: Files.writeString(Path,CharSequence,Charset,OpenOption...).
Write a CharSequence to a file. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
All characters are written as they are, including the line separators in the char sequence. No extra characters are added.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0.
This method also has an overload that doesn't require a Charset, using UTF-8 as a default again.
Under the hood, however, the CharSequences are converted to bytes just like Scary Wombat and yshavit mention in the question comments. The documentation of these methods even make this explicit:
Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
answered Nov 12 at 5:04
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Another method, Files.write(Path,Iterable,Charset,OpenOption...), can be used to write CharSequences directly (a String is a CharSequence).
Write lines of text to a file. Each line is a char sequence and is written to the file in sequence with each line terminated by the platform's line separator, as defined by the system property
line.separator. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0. The method ensures that the file is closed when all lines have been written (or an I/O error or other runtime exception is thrown). If an I/O error occurs then it may do so after the file has been created or truncated, or after some bytes have been written to the file.
Java 8 added an overload that doesn't require a Charset and uses UTF-8 as a default.
Java 11 added another method: Files.writeString(Path,CharSequence,Charset,OpenOption...).
Write a CharSequence to a file. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
All characters are written as they are, including the line separators in the char sequence. No extra characters are added.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0.
This method also has an overload that doesn't require a Charset, using UTF-8 as a default again.
Under the hood, however, the CharSequences are converted to bytes just like Scary Wombat and yshavit mention in the question comments. The documentation of these methods even make this explicit:
Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
answered Nov 12 at 5:04
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add a comment |
Another method, Files.write(Path,Iterable,Charset,OpenOption...), can be used to write CharSequences directly (a String is a CharSequence).
Write lines of text to a file. Each line is a char sequence and is written to the file in sequence with each line terminated by the platform's line separator, as defined by the system property
line.separator. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0. The method ensures that the file is closed when all lines have been written (or an I/O error or other runtime exception is thrown). If an I/O error occurs then it may do so after the file has been created or truncated, or after some bytes have been written to the file.
Java 8 added an overload that doesn't require a Charset and uses UTF-8 as a default.
Java 11 added another method: Files.writeString(Path,CharSequence,Charset,OpenOption...).
Write a CharSequence to a file. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
All characters are written as they are, including the line separators in the char sequence. No extra characters are added.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0.
This method also has an overload that doesn't require a Charset, using UTF-8 as a default again.
Under the hood, however, the CharSequences are converted to bytes just like Scary Wombat and yshavit mention in the question comments. The documentation of these methods even make this explicit:
Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
answered Nov 12 at 5:04
Slaw
6,1642930
Another method, Files.write(Path,Iterable,Charset,OpenOption...), can be used to write CharSequences directly (a String is a CharSequence).
Write lines of text to a file. Each line is a char sequence and is written to the file in sequence with each line terminated by the platform's line separator, as defined by the system property
line.separator. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0. The method ensures that the file is closed when all lines have been written (or an I/O error or other runtime exception is thrown). If an I/O error occurs then it may do so after the file has been created or truncated, or after some bytes have been written to the file.
Java 8 added an overload that doesn't require a Charset and uses UTF-8 as a default.
Java 11 added another method: Files.writeString(Path,CharSequence,Charset,OpenOption...).
Write a CharSequence to a file. Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
All characters are written as they are, including the line separators in the char sequence. No extra characters are added.
The
optionsparameter specifies how the file is created or opened. If no options are present then this method works as if the CREATE, TRUNCATE_EXISTING, and WRITE options are present. In other words, it opens the file for writing, creating the file if it doesn't exist, or initially truncating an existing regular-file to a size of0.
This method also has an overload that doesn't require a Charset, using UTF-8 as a default again.
Under the hood, however, the CharSequences are converted to bytes just like Scary Wombat and yshavit mention in the question comments. The documentation of these methods even make this explicit:
Characters are encoded into bytes using the specified charset.
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everything can only write bytes
– Scary Wombat
Nov 12 at 1:56
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Bytes are what files contain. Anything that looks like it's writing strings, is actually converting them to bytes and writing those. nio is mostly meant as a fast, efficient interface, so it makes sense that it wouldn't have those helpers.
– yshavit
Nov 12 at 2:02