difference between out.write(....) and out.print(...) statements

[pradeep singh]

Hi to all
Can anybody tell me :What is the difference between these below statements (means difference between print and write methods)and when we used them separately .Please explain with examples?

1> out.println("hi this is a statement");
2> out.write("hi this is a statement");

[Venkata Sunil Yadiki]

As per docs ServletOutputStream is suitable for writing binary data in the response (using response.getOutputStream() & out.write()) and PrintWriter is used to send character text to the client (using response.getWriter() & out.print())

[Nguyen Hoang]

I think that.
out.println() is method of JspWriter.
out.write() is method of java.io.Writer.

So, you can not use "write" method to write primary type (exp boolean) that "print" can do.

[Sameer Raza Ali]

The difference of the class it comes from is obvious but i think the question is
why does a jsp expression <%=new Date()%> will translate to an out.print(new Date) in generated Servlet
and a template text like <p> example<p> will translate to an out.write("<p>example<p>")
The out implicit variable is of type JspWriter.

write() method is there from the super class java.io.Writer does this write to the response directly or to the buffer. please explain
what is the difference.

Many Thanks
Sameer

[Sameer Raza Ali]

oops the answer is above the write does not have the capability to handle primitives, objects as arguments while print method has overloaded versions for each
That explains it