Printing DefaultListModel to .txt

How do I print a DefaultListModel to a txt with the push of a button?

Here is what I got so far.

Code:

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public static void savetotxt (DefaultListModel d){
                       
                        try {
//                                FileWriter filer = new FileWriter("Boklista.txt");
//                                  BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
                                FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream(d);
                        ObjectOutputStream s = new ObjectOutputStream(f);
                       
                        } catch (IOException e) {
                                e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                }

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Do you want to print the text held in the list model, since it is a text file after all? If so, then you shouldn't use an ObjectOutputStream but rather just the buffered writer and then use the methods of the list model to iterate through it, writing with the buffered writer as you go.

Or you can use a PrintWriter. For example, in pseudocode you'd do something like so:

Code:

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create file writer and then PrintWriter called out.  You may wish to construct print writer with autoflushing on.
for each item held in the JList
  get next item
  out.println(the item)
end for loop

close the PrintWriter in finally block.

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When I assign the printwriter to print the JList, I get this

javax.swing.JList[,0,0,370x255,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.0,border= ,flags=50331944,maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferre dSize=,fixedCellHeight=-1,fixedCellWidth=-1,horizontalScrollIncrement=-1,selectionBackground=com.apple.laf.AquaImageFacto ry$SystemColorProxy[r=44,g=91,b=214],selectionForeground=com.apple.laf.AquaImageFactor y$SystemColorProxy[r=255,g=255,b=255],visibleRowCount=15,layoutOrientation=0]

I assume this is the stack memory code, but how do I make the writer pprint the actual contents of the list?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Embercloud

Do I need to do something with the defaultlistmodel before printing it?
The objects loaded into the model have toString methods but if I just tell the printwriter to print the whole model, it wouldn't work, right?

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Right. If you print the whole model using an ObjectOutputStream, then you'll get a binary representation of the data, something completely inappropriate for a text file. If you print the toString representation of the list model, then you'll get an output defined by this method -- check the API for the list model as I highly doubt that this is what you want. No, you'll want to output the data held inside the list. Again, you'll likely need a for loop to iterate through the model printing each item's toString method as you iterate.

Ok, I think I solved it.

Code:

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                public static void savetotxt (JList d){
                       
                        try {
                               
                          FileWriter filer = new FileWriter("Boklista.txt");
                          PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(filer);
                          for (int i = 0; i < d.getModel().getSize(); i++) {
                                 
                                  Object item = d.getModel().getElementAt(i);
                                 
                                  out.println("Item = " + item);
                               
                          }
out.close();
                        } catch (IOException e) {
                                e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                }

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Looks pretty good, but I would change this to declare your PrintWriter variable before the try, but initialize it in the try block as you do. Then close it in a finally block (after checking that it's not null). You don't want to take any chances of dangling resources.