Java + FileReader and FileWriter using URL

aussiemcgr · 05-25-2009, 12:15 PM

I have an applet embedded on my website and I need a little help with working with FileReader and FileWriter. What I'm trying to do be able to read and write to a text file located on the same server (and folder) as my main. I only have about 2 weeks experience with FileReader and FileWriter and all of my experience has been with interacting with local files, however that will not work for what I'm trying to do. I have managed to connect to my text file and read from it using Scanner, however I will still need to write to the file so FileReader and FileWriter should be the better choices. I have searched for quite some time but I havent managed to find a way to connect to what is effectively a URL using FileReader or FileWriter.

If anyone can tell me how to connect to it, I would be very grateful.

Cheers

systemErr · 06-22-2009, 06:08 PM

Hi, couldn't you wrap your readers/writers around this: new File(new URL("blah.html").toURI())

05-25-2009, 12:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
aussiemcgr Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP and Vista	Java + FileReader and FileWriter using URL I have an applet embedded on my website and I need a little help with working with FileReader and FileWriter. What I'm trying to do be able to read and write to a text file located on the same server (and folder) as my main. I only have about 2 weeks experience with FileReader and FileWriter and all of my experience has been with interacting with local files, however that will not work for what I'm trying to do. I have managed to connect to my text file and read from it using Scanner, however I will still need to write to the file so FileReader and FileWriter should be the better choices. I have searched for quite some time but I havent managed to find a way to connect to what is effectively a URL using FileReader or FileWriter. If anyone can tell me how to connect to it, I would be very grateful. Cheers

06-22-2009, 06:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
systemErr Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 135 OS: Win XP Home SP2	Re: Java + FileReader and FileWriter using URL Hi, couldn't you wrap your readers/writers around this: new File(new URL("blah.html").toURI())