private void openCounterDataOutputStream() throws DataFallbackException {
  if (dOutput == null) {
    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())     LOG.debug("openDataOutputStream() ; Opening the writer for the " + counterFile.getName() + " file");
    try {
      dOutput=new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(counterFile));
    }
 catch (    IOException e) {
      throw new DataFallbackException(e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

private void openCounterDataOutputStream ( ) throws DataFallbackException { if ( dOutput == null ) { if ( LOG . isDebugEnabled ( ) ) LOG . debug ( "openDataOutputStream() ; Opening the writer for the " + counterFile . getName ( ) + " file" ) ; try { dOutput = new BufferedWriter ( new FileWriter ( counterFile ) ) ; } catch ( IOException e ) { throw new DataFallbackException ( e . getMessage ( ) ) ; } } }
it opens the counter binary file for writing
