18. Sequential output of ASCII files

• Class java.io.BufferedWriter is a counterpart to BufferedReader:

  • extends the java.io.Writer class

  • implements buffered output of character streams

  • writes text to an output stream, buffering the characters

  • overloads write() methods for writing characters, arrays, and strings

• Abstract class OutputStream represents an output stream of bytes

• Class java.io.BufferedOutputStream implements a buffered output stream of bytes

• Class java.io.OutputStreamWriter

  • is a bridge from character streams to byte streams

  • characters written to it are encoded into bytes using a specified character set