Create New file
There are 3 ways to create a new file in Java
1) Using java.io.File.createNewFile() method
2) Using java.io.FileOutputStream class
3) Using java.nio.file.Files from NIO API
1) Using java.io.File.createNewFile() method
- File file = new File("C:\\newfile1.txt");
- //Creates new file and return true if file not exists and return false if file already exists
- boolean fvar = file.createNewFile();
- if (fvar){
- System.out.println("File has been created successfully");
- }
- else{
- System.out.println("File already present at the specified location");
- }
- }
File file = new File("C:\\newfile1.txt");
//Creates new file and return true if file not exists and return false if file already exists
boolean fvar = file.createNewFile();
if (fvar){
System.out.println("File has been created successfully");
}
else{
System.out.println("File already present at the specified location");
}
}
2) Using java.io.FileOutputStream class
FileOutputStream.write() method automatically create a new file and write content to it.
- String data = "Welcome to File creation";
- FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("c:// newfile2.txt");
- out.write(data.getBytes());
- out.close();
String data = "Welcome to File creation";
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("c:// newfile2.txt");
out.write(data.getBytes());
out.close();
3) Using java.nio.file.Files from NIO API
- String data = " Welcome to File creation ";
- Files.write(Paths.get("c: //newfile3.txt"), data.getBytes());
- //or
- List<String> lines = Arrays.asList("line 1", "line 2");
- Files.write(Paths.get("newfile4.txt"), lines, StandardCharsets.UTF_8,
- StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
String data = " Welcome to File creation ";
Files.write(Paths.get("c: //newfile3.txt"), data.getBytes());
//or
List<String> lines = Arrays.asList("line 1", "line 2");
Files.write(Paths.get("newfile4.txt"), lines, StandardCharsets.UTF_8,
StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
Complete example is as below
- package com.kb.io;
- import java.io.File;
- import java.io.FileOutputStream;
- import java.io.FileWriter;
- import java.io.IOException;
- import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
- import java.nio.file.Files;
- import java.nio.file.Paths;
- import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
- import java.util.Arrays;
- import java.util.List;
- public class CreateNewFile
- {
- public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
- {
- createFileUsingFileClass();
- createFileUsingFileOutputStreamClass();
- createFileUsingNIO();
- }
- private static void createFileUsingFileClass() throws IOException
- {
- File file = new File("C://newfile1.txt");
- //Creates new file and return true if file not exists and return false if file already exists
- boolean isFileCreated = file.createNewFile();
- if (isFileCreated){
- System.out.println("File has been created successfully");
- }
- else{
- System.out.println("File already present at the specified location");
- }
- //Write Content
- FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
- writer.write("File Creation using File class");
- writer.close();
- }
- private static void createFileUsingFileOutputStreamClass() throws IOException
- {
- String data = "File Creation using FileOutputStream class";
- FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("c://newfile2.txt");
- out.write(data.getBytes());
- out.close();
- }
- private static void createFileUsingNIO() throws IOException
- {
- String data = "File Creation using NIO API";
- Files.write(Paths.get("c://newfile3.txt"), data.getBytes());
- //This way it creates new file if no file exist with the given name or appends if already exists
- List<String> lines = Arrays.asList("line1", "line2",”line3”);
- Files.write(Paths.get("c://newfile4.txt"), lines, StandardCharsets.UTF_8,
- StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
- }
- }
package com.kb.io;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class CreateNewFile
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
createFileUsingFileClass();
createFileUsingFileOutputStreamClass();
createFileUsingNIO();
}
private static void createFileUsingFileClass() throws IOException
{
File file = new File("C://newfile1.txt");
//Creates new file and return true if file not exists and return false if file already exists
boolean isFileCreated = file.createNewFile();
if (isFileCreated){
System.out.println("File has been created successfully");
}
else{
System.out.println("File already present at the specified location");
}
//Write Content
FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
writer.write("File Creation using File class");
writer.close();
}
private static void createFileUsingFileOutputStreamClass() throws IOException
{
String data = "File Creation using FileOutputStream class";
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("c://newfile2.txt");
out.write(data.getBytes());
out.close();
}
private static void createFileUsingNIO() throws IOException
{
String data = "File Creation using NIO API";
Files.write(Paths.get("c://newfile3.txt"), data.getBytes());
//This way it creates new file if no file exist with the given name or appends if already exists
List<String> lines = Arrays.asList("line1", "line2",”line3”);
Files.write(Paths.get("c://newfile4.txt"), lines, StandardCharsets.UTF_8,
StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
}
}