PrintWriter checkError() in Java

checkError(): This method is available in the java.io.PrintWriter class of Java.

Syntax:

boolean java.io.PrintWriter.checkError()

This method flushes the stream if it's not closed and checks its error state.

Parameters: NA

Returns: true if the print stream has encountered an error, either on the underlying output stream or during a format conversion.

Exceptions: NA

Approach

Java

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

public class PrintWritercheckError {
    public static void main(String[] args) 
                   throws FileNotFoundException {
        File file = new File("D:\\hello.txt");
        PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(file);

        System.out.println(printWriter.checkError());
        printWriter.close();
    }
}

Output:

false

Some other methods of PrintWriter

append(char): This method appends the specified character to this writer.

append(CharSequence): This method appends the specified character sequence to this writer.

append(CharSequence, int, int): This method appends a subsequence of the specified character sequence to this writer.

checkError(): This method flushes the stream if it's not closed and checks its error state.

close(): This method closes the stream and releases any system resources associated with it.

flush(): This method flushes the stream.

format(String, Object...): This method writes a formatted string to this writer using the specified format string and arguments.

format(Locale, String, Object...): This method writes a formatted string to this writer using the specified format string and arguments.

print(boolean): This method prints a boolean value.

printf(String, Object...): It is a convenient method to write a formatted string to this writer using the specified format string and arguments.

printf(Locale, String, Object...): It is a convenient method to write a formatted string to this writer using the specified format string and arguments.

println(): This method terminates the current line by writing the line separator string. 

PrintWriter(File): This method creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file.

PrintWriter(Writer, boolean): This method creates a new PrintWriter.

PrintWriter(OutputStream, boolean, Charset): This method creates a new PrintWriter from an existing OutputStream.

PrintWriter(OutputStream): This method creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, from an existing OutputStream.

PrintWriter(String): This method creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file name.

PrintWriter(Writer): This method creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing.

PrintWriter(File, Charset): This method creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file and charset.

PrintWriter(File, String): This method creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file and charset.

PrintWriter(OutputStream, boolean): This method creates a new PrintWriter from an existing OutputStream.

PrintWriter(String, Charset): This method creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file name and charset.

PrintWriter(String, String): This method creates a new PrintWriter, without automatic line flushing, with the specified file name and charset.

write(char[]): This method writes an array of characters.

write(int): This method writes a single character.

write(String): This method writes a string

write(char[], int, int): This method writes A Portion of an array of characters.

write(String, int, int): This method writes a portion of a string.