15. Writer hierarchy -- character output streams

• abstract Writer

  
      BufferedWriter
      PrintWriter
      OutputStreamWriter
          FileWriter
  
  

• Classes for opening a character file for buffered writing:

      PrintWriter     contains methods for formatting data to a text stream
      BufferedWriter  implements stream buffer for character output
      FileWriter      basic writing of character files
  

• Constructors of the classes in the Writer hierarchy:

  
      Constructor                                 Throws
      -----------------------------------------   ------------
      PrintWriter(Writer[, booleanFlush])         None
      BufferedWriter(Writer)                      None
      FileWriter(File[, booleanAppend])           IOException
      FileWriter(StringPathName[, booleanAppend]) IOException