In Java 7 and up:

try (Writer writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(
              new FileOutputStream("filename.txt"), "utf-8"))) {
   writer.write("something");
}

There are useful utilities for that though:

• FileUtils.writeStringtoFile(..) from commons-io
• Files.write(..) from guava

Note also that you can use a FileWriter, but it uses the default encoding, which is often a bad idea - it's best to specify the encoding explicitly.

Below is the original, prior-to-Java 7 answer

Writer writer = null;

try {
    writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(
          new FileOutputStream("filename.txt"), "utf-8"));
    writer.write("Something");
} catch (IOException ex) {
    // Report
} finally {
   try {writer.close();} catch (Exception ex) {/*ignore*/}
}

See also: Reading, Writing, and Creating Files (includes NIO2).

You could do this by using JAVA 7 new File API.

code sample: `

public class FileWriter7 {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        List<String> lines = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "This is the content to write into file" });
        String filepath = "C:/Users/Geroge/SkyDrive/Documents/inputFile.txt";
        writeSmallTextFile(lines, filepath);
    }

    private static void writeSmallTextFile(List<String> aLines, String aFileName) throws IOException {
        Path path = Paths.get(aFileName);
        Files.write(path, aLines, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

`