Java.io.PrintWriter.println( Object x) Method

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Description

The java.io.PrintWriter.println() method prints an Object and then terminates the line. This method calls at first String.valueOf(x) to get the printed object's string value, then behaves as though it invokes print(String) and then println().

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.io.PrintWriter.println() method.

public void println(Object x)

Parameters

x − The object to be printed.

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.io.PrintWriter.println() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.Date;

public class PrintWriterDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Object obj1 = "Object";
      Object obj2 = 2;
      Date date = new Date(112, 2, 21);
      
      try {
         // create a new writer
         PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);

         // print object
         pw.println(obj1);

         // print another object
         pw.println(obj2);

         // print a date (it is an object)
         pw.print(date);

         // flush the writer
         pw.flush();
      } catch (Exception ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Object
2
Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 EET 2012