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/* FileOutputStream.java -- Writes to a file on disk.
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package java.io;

import gnu.java.nio.channels.FileChannelImpl;

import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;

/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
 * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
 * Status:  Complete to version 1.1.
 */

/**
 * This classes allows a stream of data to be written to a disk file or
 * any open <code>FileDescriptor</code>.
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
 */
public class FileOutputStream extends OutputStream
{
  private FileDescriptor fd;

  private FileChannelImpl ch;

  /**
   * This method initializes a <code>FileOutputStream</code> object to write
   * to the named file.  The file is created if it does not exist, and
   * the bytes written are written starting at the beginning of the file if
   * the <code>append</code> argument is <code>false</code> or at the end
   * of the file if the <code>append</code> argument is true.
   * <p>
   * Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the
   * <code>checkWrite</code> method of the <code>SecurityManager</code> (if
   * one exists) with the name of the file to be opened.  An exception is
   * thrown if writing is not allowed. 
   *
   * @param path The name of the file this stream should write to
   * @param append <code>true</code> to append bytes to the end of the file,
   * or <code>false</code> to write bytes to the beginning
   *
   * @exception SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed
   * @exception FileNotFoundException If a non-security error occurs
   */
  public FileOutputStream (String path, boolean append)
    throws SecurityException, FileNotFoundException
  {
    this (new File(path), append);
  }

  /**
   * This method initializes a <code>FileOutputStream</code> object to write
   * to the named file.  The file is created if it does not exist, and
   * the bytes written are written starting at the beginning of the file.
   * <p>
   * Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the
   * <code>checkWrite</code> method of the <code>SecurityManager</code> (if
   * one exists) with the name of the file to be opened.  An exception is
   * thrown if writing is not allowed. 
   *
   * @param path The name of the file this stream should write to
   *
   * @exception SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed
   * @exception FileNotFoundException If a non-security error occurs
   */
  public FileOutputStream (String path)
    throws SecurityException, FileNotFoundException
  {
    this (path, false);
  }

  /**
   * This method initializes a <code>FileOutputStream</code> object to write
   * to the specified <code>File</code> object.  The file is created if it 
   * does not exist, and the bytes written are written starting at the 
   * beginning of the file.
   * <p>
   * Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the
   * <code>checkWrite</code> method of the <code>SecurityManager</code> (if
   * one exists) with the name of the file to be opened.  An exception is
   * thrown if writing is not allowed. 
   *
   * @param file The <code>File</code> object this stream should write to
   *
   * @exception SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed
   * @exception FileNotFoundException If a non-security error occurs
   */
  public FileOutputStream (File file)
    throws SecurityException, FileNotFoundException
  {
    this (file, false);
  }

  /**
   * This method initializes a <code>FileOutputStream</code> object to write
   * to the specified <code>File</code> object.  The file is created if it 
   * does not exist, and the bytes written are written starting at the 
   * beginning of the file if the <code>append</code> parameter is 
   * <code>false</code>.  Otherwise bytes are written at the end of the
   * file.
   * <p>
   * Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the
   * <code>checkWrite</code> method of the <code>SecurityManager</code> (if
   * one exists) with the name of the file to be opened.  An exception is
   * thrown if writing is not allowed. 
   *
   * @param file The <code>File</code> object this stream should write to
   * @param append <code>true</code> to append bytes to the end of the file,
   * or <code>false</code> to write bytes to the beginning
   *
   * @exception SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed
   * @exception FileNotFoundException If a non-security error occurs
   */
  public FileOutputStream (File file, boolean append)
    throws FileNotFoundException
  {
    SecurityManager s = System.getSecurityManager();
    if (s != null)
      s.checkWrite(file.getPath());

    if (file.isDirectory())
      throw new FileNotFoundException(file.getPath() + " is a directory");

   ch = new FileChannelImpl (file.getPath(), (append
				     ? FileChannelImpl.WRITE
				     | FileChannelImpl.APPEND
				     : FileChannelImpl.WRITE));
  }

  /**
   * This method initializes a <code>FileOutputStream</code> object to write
   * to the file represented by the specified <code>FileDescriptor</code>
   * object.  This method does not create any underlying disk file or
   * reposition the file pointer of the given descriptor.  It assumes that
   * this descriptor is ready for writing as is.
   * <p>
   * Before opening a file, a security check is performed by calling the
   * <code>checkWrite</code> method of the <code>SecurityManager</code> (if
   * one exists) with the specified <code>FileDescriptor</code> as an argument.
   * An exception is thrown if writing is not allowed. 
   *
   * @param fdObj The <code>FileDescriptor</code> this stream should write to
   *
   * @exception SecurityException If write access to the file is not allowed
   */
  public FileOutputStream (FileDescriptor fdObj)
    throws SecurityException
  {
    // Hmm, no other exception but this one to throw, but if the descriptor
    // isn't valid, we surely don't have "permission" to write to it.
    if (!fdObj.valid())
      throw new SecurityException("Invalid FileDescriptor");

    SecurityManager s = System.getSecurityManager();
    if (s != null)
      s.checkWrite(fdObj);

    fd = fdObj;
    ch = (FileChannelImpl) fdObj.channel;
  }

  FileOutputStream(FileChannelImpl ch)
  {
    this.ch = ch;
  }

  protected void finalize () throws IOException
  {
    // We don't actually need this, but we include it because it is
    // mentioned in the JCL.
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a <code>FileDescriptor</code> object representing
   * the file that is currently being written to
   *
   * @return A <code>FileDescriptor</code> object for this stream
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  public final FileDescriptor getFD () throws IOException
  {
    synchronized (this)
      {
	if (fd == null)
	  fd = new FileDescriptor (ch);
	return fd;
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method writes a single byte of data to the file.  
   *
   * @param b The byte of data to write, passed as an <code>int</code>
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  public void write (int b) throws IOException
  {
    ch.write (b);
  }

  /**
   * This method writes all the bytes in the specified array to the
   * file.
   *
   * @param buf The array of bytes to write to the file
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  public void write (byte[] buf)
    throws IOException
  {
    write (buf, 0, buf.length);
  }

  /**
   * This method writes <code>len</code> bytes from the byte array 
   * <code>buf</code> to the file starting at index <code>offset</code>.
   *
   * @param buf The array of bytes to write to the file
   * @param offset The offset into the array to start writing bytes from
   * @param len The number of bytes to write to the file
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  public void write (byte[] buf, int offset, int len)
    throws IOException
  {
    if (offset < 0
        || len < 0
        || offset + len > buf.length)
      throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ();
    
    ch.write (buf, offset, len);
  }

  /**
   * This method closes the underlying file.  Any further attempts to
   * write to this stream will likely generate an exception since the
   * file is closed.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  public void close () throws IOException
  {
    ch.close();
  }

  /**
   * This method creates a java.nio.channels.FileChannel.
   * Nio does not allow one to create a file channel directly.
   * A file channel must be created by first creating an instance of
   * Input/Output/RandomAccessFile and invoking the getChannel() method on it.
   */
  public synchronized FileChannel getChannel() 
  {
    return ch;
  }

} // class FileOutputStream