console.writeline and System.out.println

Question

What exactly is the technical difference between console.writeline and System.out.println? I know that System.out.println writes to standard output but is this not the same thing as the console?

I do not fully understand the documentation for console.writeline.

user_8818453 · Answer

System.out references an instance of PrintStream.

System.console.writer references an instance of PrintWriter.

See System.out.println vs PrintWriter

console.writeline and System.out.println

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