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	package java.io;

	import java.nio.charset.Charset;

	/**
	* Writes text to character files using a default buffer size. Encoding from characters
	* to bytes uses either a specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
	* or the platform's
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}.
	*
	* <p>
	* Whether or not a file is available or may be created depends upon the
	* underlying platform. Some platforms, in particular, allow a file to be
	* opened for writing by only one {@code FileWriter} (or other file-writing
	* object) at a time. In such situations the constructors in this class
	* will fail if the file involved is already open.
	*
	* <p>
	* The {@code FileWriter} is meant for writing streams of characters. For writing
	* streams of raw bytes, consider using a {@code FileOutputStream}.
	*
	* @see OutputStreamWriter
	* @see FileOutputStream
	*
	* @author Mark Reinhold
	* @since 1.1
	*/

	public class FileWriter extends OutputStreamWriter {

	/**
	* Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file name, using the platform's
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}
	*
	* @param fileName String The system-dependent filename.
	* @throws IOException if the named file exists but is a directory rather
	* than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be
	* created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
	*/
	public FileWriter(String fileName) throws IOException {
	super(new FileOutputStream(fileName));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file name and a boolean indicating
	* whether to append the data written, using the platform's
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}.
	*
	* @param fileName String The system-dependent filename.
	* @param append boolean if {@code true}, then data will be written
	* to the end of the file rather than the beginning.
	* @throws IOException if the named file exists but is a directory rather
	* than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be
	* created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
	*/
	public FileWriter(String fileName, boolean append) throws IOException {
	super(new FileOutputStream(fileName, append));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given the {@code File} to write,
	* using the platform's
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}
	*
	* @param file the {@code File} to write.
	* @throws IOException if the file exists but is a directory rather than
	* a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created,
	* or cannot be opened for any other reason
	*/
	public FileWriter(File file) throws IOException {
	super(new FileOutputStream(file));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given the {@code File} to write and
	* a boolean indicating whether to append the data written, using the platform's
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}.
	*
	* @param file the {@code File} to write
	* @param append if {@code true}, then bytes will be written
	* to the end of the file rather than the beginning
	* @throws IOException if the file exists but is a directory rather than
	* a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created,
	* or cannot be opened for any other reason
	* @since 1.4
	*/
	public FileWriter(File file, boolean append) throws IOException {
	super(new FileOutputStream(file, append));
	}

	/**
	* Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file descriptor,
	* using the platform's
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}.
	*
	* @param fd the {@code FileDescriptor} to write.
	*/
	public FileWriter(FileDescriptor fd) {
	super(new FileOutputStream(fd));
	}


	/**
	* Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file name and
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.
	*
	* @param fileName the name of the file to write
	* @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
	* @throws IOException if the named file exists but is a directory rather
	* than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be
	* created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
	*
	* @since 11
	*/
	public FileWriter(String fileName, Charset charset) throws IOException {
	super(new FileOutputStream(fileName), charset);
	}

	/**
	* Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given a file name,
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} and a boolean indicating
	* whether to append the data written.
	*
	* @param fileName the name of the file to write
	* @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
	* @param append a boolean. If {@code true}, the writer will write the data
	* to the end of the file rather than the beginning.
	* @throws IOException if the named file exists but is a directory rather
	* than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be
	* created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
	*
	* @since 11
	*/
	public FileWriter(String fileName, Charset charset, boolean append) throws IOException {
	super(new FileOutputStream(fileName, append), charset);
	}

	/**
	* Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given the {@code File} to write and
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.
	*
	* @param file the {@code File} to write
	* @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
	* @throws IOException if the file exists but is a directory rather than
	* a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created,
	* or cannot be opened for any other reason
	*
	* @since 11
	*/
	public FileWriter(File file, Charset charset) throws IOException {
	super(new FileOutputStream(file), charset);
	}

	/**
	* Constructs a {@code FileWriter} given the {@code File} to write,
	* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} and a boolean indicating
	* whether to append the data written.
	*
	* @param file the {@code File} to write
	* @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}
	* @param append a boolean. If {@code true}, the writer will write the data
	* to the end of the file rather than the beginning.
	* @throws IOException if the file exists but is a directory rather than
	* a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created,
	* or cannot be opened for any other reason
	* @since 11
	*/
	public FileWriter(File file, Charset charset, boolean append) throws IOException {
	super(new FileOutputStream(file, append), charset);
	}
	}

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