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package readtextfiletest;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.lang.IllegalStateException;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Formatter;

/**
 *
 * @author jcmtiernan
 */
public class WriteTextFile {
    private Formatter output;
    
   public void openFile()
   {
      try
      {
         output = new Formatter( new File( "clientdata.txt" ) );
      } // end try
      catch ( FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException )
      {
         System.err.println( "Error opening file." );
         System.exit( 1 );
      } // end catch
   } // end method openFile    
    
   public boolean writeRecord(AccountRecord record)
   {
       /*
       output.format("%-10d,%-12s,%-12s,%10.2f\n",
               record.getAccount(), record.getFirstName(),
               record.getLastName(), record.getBalance());
       */
       
        output.format(record.getAccount()+ ",  "+ record.getLastName()+", "+ 
                record.getFirstName()+", "+record.getBalance()+"\n");
               
       return true;
   }
   
   
   
   
   
      // close file and terminate application
   public void closeFile()
   {
      if ( output != null )
         output.close(); // close file
   } // end method closeFile
   
}