Java Get name of File in FileWriter

Question

I was wondering, in Java is it at all possible to pull the File object or at least the name the file used in a FileWriter as a string? I looked through the documentation and as far as I can tell it isn't possible, but I'm often wrong on this stuff.

Help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

You could extend from FileWriter class, provide a getter for file/filename:

public class MyFileWriter extends FileWriter {
    private File file;
    private boolean append = false;

    public MyFileWriter(File file) throws IOException {
        this(file, false);
    }
    public MyFileWriter(File file, boolean append) throws IOException {
        super(file, append);
        this.file = file;
        this.append = append;
    }
    public MyFileWriter(String fileName) throws IOException {
        this(new File(fileName));
    }
    public MyFileWriter(String fileName, boolean append) throws IOException {
        this(new File(fileName), append);
    }
// getters/setters
}