PrintWriter write() and println() method query

[Abhay Agarwal]

Just realized that PrintWriter has both write() and println() method.
Any idea what is the difference between them and which function to use when ?

[Shwetha Sharma]

PrintWriter.println(String)
This method prints null if the argument passed to it is null.

PrintWriter.write(String)
This method throws a null pointer exception if the argument is null.

Apart from this it works the same as the write method except that it appends "\n" to the string argument.

Also the println method throws IOException while the PrintWriter.write doesn't throw IOException

[Abhay Agarwal]

Thanks for the reply
Understood

[praneeth ram]

why we can use write() method in the case of AJAX why not println() method.
could you please explain it.

Thanks,
Praneeth.
SCJP,SCWCD.OCP.