Thread: File handling issue

I'm writing a program that dynamically updates an xml file as it is being edited. It needs an add function, delete, and save, and so far, I've gotten only the add function working properly. I've got a delete method that works when I run only that method, but not when I run the program as a whole. I don't get any exceptions or errors and I'm trying to edit the file via printwriter. It creates a new temporary file with the new xml with the deleted section and then overwrites the current .xml file. It runs flawlessly when I run only the delete method, but not when I run the program as a whole.

public static void removeFromFile(String file, String lineToRemove) {
 
		try {
 
			System.out.println("Removing:\t" + lineToRemove);
 
		  File inFile = new File(file);
 
		  if (!inFile.isFile()) {
		    System.out.println("Parameter is not an existing file");
		    return;
		  }
 
		  //Construct the new file that will later be renamed to the original filename.
		  File tempFile = new File(inFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".tmp");
 
		  PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(tempFile));
		  String text = "";
		  Scanner sc = new Scanner(inFile);
		  while(sc.hasNext())
		  {
			  text+=sc.nextLine() + "\n";
		  }
		  //System.out.println(text);
		  text = text.replace(lineToRemove + "\n", "");
		  sc.close();
		  sc = new Scanner(text);
 
		  while(sc.hasNext())
			  pw.println(sc.nextLine());
 
		  pw.flush();
		  pw.close();
		  sc.close();
 
		  //Delete the original file
		  if (!inFile.delete()) {
		    System.out.println("Could not delete file");
		  }
 
		  //Rename the new file to the filename the original file had.
		  if (!tempFile.renameTo(inFile))
		    System.out.println("Could not rename file");
 
		}
		catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
		  ex.printStackTrace();
		}
		catch (IOException ex) {
		  ex.printStackTrace();
		  System.out.println("IO Exception: " + ex.getMessage());
		}
	}

The problem is at this line.

if (!inFile.delete()) {
		    System.out.println("Could not delete file");
		  }

This is the line that deletes the original file in order for it to be replaced by the new version. This works when I run just the delete method, however, it does not work when I run the full program - via a GUI I wrote; it won't delete the file and therefore won't make the change. I haven't been able to figure that problem out yet.

What was the outcome for this thread?
File editing problem

The problem was solved when I wrote the String's byte data instead of writing as UTF.