Java.io.* in object class

Question

im trying to make my own class, and i wanna use my own output in this class, but i cant seem to import java.io.*; in the custom classsss... anyone got any ideas?

Answer 1

If you have questions about whether or not you will need to catch Exceptions, there are two ways to tell
- Check the API for the classes you intend to instantiate..
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/
- The compiler will alert you, as it has here, that there is an exception that may be thrown in your code and which you will need to handle before your code can compile.
So for example in your code you use 1) A FileOutputStream and 2) a PrintStream.
Checking the API... First take a look at FileOutputStream and specifically the constructor...
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FileOutputStream
public FileOutputStream(File file)
throws FileNotFoundException
Creates a file output stream to write to the file represented by the specified File object. A new FileDescriptor object is created to represent this file connection.
First, if there is a security manager, its checkWrite method is called with the path represented by the file argument as its argument.
If the file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason then a FileNotFoundException is thrown.
Parameters:
file - the file to be opened for writing.
Throws:
FileNotFoundException - if the file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason
SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkWrite method denies write access to the file.
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Notice in the API it says "Throws FileNotFoundException". That means that in order to create a FileOutputStream in your code you must catch this exception..