Saving a JTextArea string to a file

Question

Hello there, well i have a little problem that i can not figure out. i am creating a swing application that is a text editor. i am new at this so i am reading the api, books etc.. but can not seem to make the application to save. i have followed the format and done it several ways and still i can not make it work. i did notice something that when i initalize the variable JTextArea textArea in the beginning instead of the method initComponent, and by making it static i can write it once, and then open it up and read it. but it mess the application when you save, freezing the window. i am going to attach my code so that you can see what i am doing, please answer as soon as possible i really want this problem to work by now.
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class InternalPanel extends JInternalFrame{
     private static String title = "Untitled ";
     private int width = 400;
     private int height = 300;
     private int x = 15;
     private int y = 15;
     private boolean stateT = true;
     private boolean stateF = false;
     private JScrollPane scroller;
     private JTextArea textArea;
     private static int count;
     public InternalPanel(){
          super(title + (count));               
          initComponent();
     public InternalPanel(File file){
          readerComponent(file);
     private void initComponent(){
          textArea = new JTextArea();
          scroller = new JScrollPane();
          scroller.setViewportView(textArea);
          getContentPane().add(scroller);
          setIconifiable(stateT);
          setMaximizable(stateT);
          setClosable(stateT);
          setResizable(stateT);     
          setSize(width, height);
          setLocation((x * count), (y * count));
          show();
          ++count;
     private void readerComponent(File file){
          initComponent();
          fileReader(file);
     private void fileReader(File file){
          int symblo;
          try{
               FileReader reader = new FileReader(file);
               while((symblo = reader.read()) != -1){
                    textArea.read(reader, this);
                    setTitle(file.getName());
               reader.close();
          }catch(IOException e){
               System.out.println(e);
     public void fileWriter(File file){     
          String context = textArea.getText();
          System.out.println(context);
          try{               
               FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
               writer.write(context);
               writer.flush();
               writer.close();
          }catch(IOException e){
               System.out.println(e);
}

Answer 1

Hello there, well i have a little problem that i can not figure out. i am creating a swing application that is a text editor. i am new at this so i am reading the api, books etc.. but can not seem to make the application to save. i have followed the format and done it several ways and still i can not make it work. i did notice something that when i initalize the variable JTextArea textArea in the beginning instead of the method initComponent, and by making it static i can write it once, and then open it up and read it. but it mess the application when you save, freezing the window. i am going to attach my code so that you can see what i am doing, please answer as soon as possible i really want this problem to work by now.
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class InternalPanel extends JInternalFrame{
     private static String title = "Untitled ";
     private int width = 400;
     private int height = 300;
     private int x = 15;
     private int y = 15;
     private boolean stateT = true;
     private boolean stateF = false;
     private JScrollPane scroller;
     private JTextArea textArea;
     private static int count;
     public InternalPanel(){
          super(title + (count));               
          initComponent();
     public InternalPanel(File file){
          readerComponent(file);
     private void initComponent(){
          textArea = new JTextArea();
          scroller = new JScrollPane();
          scroller.setViewportView(textArea);
          getContentPane().add(scroller);
          setIconifiable(stateT);
          setMaximizable(stateT);
          setClosable(stateT);
          setResizable(stateT);     
          setSize(width, height);
          setLocation((x * count), (y * count));
          show();
          ++count;
     private void readerComponent(File file){
          initComponent();
          fileReader(file);
     private void fileReader(File file){
          int symblo;
          try{
               FileReader reader = new FileReader(file);
               while((symblo = reader.read()) != -1){
                    textArea.read(reader, this);
                    setTitle(file.getName());
               reader.close();
          }catch(IOException e){
               System.out.println(e);
     public void fileWriter(File file){     
          String context = textArea.getText();
          System.out.println(context);
          try{               
               FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
               writer.write(context);
               writer.flush();
               writer.close();
          }catch(IOException e){
               System.out.println(e);
}