public TextFile(File filename) 
{
        super(filename.toString());
}

Create a TextFile object to handle the named file with the platform default encoding.

Parameters:

filename - File to be read & written through this object.

 public TextFile(String filename) 
{
        super(filename);
}

Create a TextFile object to handle the named file with the platform default encoding.

Parameters:

filename - Name of the file to be read & written through this object.

 public TextFile(File filename,
    String encoding) 
{
        super(filename.toString());
        setEncoding(encoding);
}

Create a TextFile object to handle the named file with the given encoding.

Parameters:

filename - File to be read & written through this object.

encoding - Encoding to be used when reading & writing this file.

 public TextFile(String filename,
    String encoding) 
{
        super(filename);
}

Create a TextFile object to handle the named file with the given encoding.

Parameters:

filename - Name of the file to be read & written through this object.

encoding - Encoding to be used when reading & writing this file.

 public String getEncoding() 
{
        return encoding;
}

 public String getText() 
{
        String lineEnd = System.getProperty("line.separator"); //$NON-NLS-1$
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        Reader reader = null;
        BufferedReader br = null;
        try {
            if (encoding == null) {
                reader = new FileReader(this);
            } else {
                reader = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(this), encoding);
            }
            br = new BufferedReader(reader);
            String line = "NOTNULL"; //$NON-NLS-1$
            while (line != null) {
                line = br.readLine();
                if (line != null) {
                    sb.append(line + lineEnd);
                }
            }
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            log.error("", ioe); //$NON-NLS-1$
        } finally {
            JOrphanUtils.closeQuietly(br); // closes reader as well
        }
        return sb.toString();
}

Read the whole file content and return it as a string.

 public  void setEncoding(String string) 
{
        encoding = string;
}

 public  void setText(String body) 
{
        Writer writer = null;
        try {
            if (encoding == null) {
                writer = new FileWriter(this);
            } else {
                writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(this), encoding);
            }
            writer.write(body);
            writer.flush();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            log.error("", ioe);
        } finally {
            JOrphanUtils.closeQuietly(writer);
        }
}

Create the file with the given string as content -- or replace it's content with the given string if the file already existed.