How exactly the line is getting printed on "Console" using System.out.print()

Question

If i want to print a line

This is Java programming language

to the console using System.out.print(), which and how many process gets used to print this line, and how we can compare it with writing the same line to file using FileWriter or BufferedWriter.

Answer 1

out is a static member of class System having type PrintStream http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/System.html. You can create PrintStream objects for files and use them similarly. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/PrintStream.html

Answer 2

Check PrintStream.java file to know the process of print method.

Check here for detailed flow of process