Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/NoteExporter.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/NoteExporter.java	(revision 11455)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/io/NoteExporter.java	(revision 11456)
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@
         Main.info("exporting notes to file: " + file);
         if (layer instanceof NoteLayer) {
-            OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
-            NoteWriter writer = new NoteWriter(os);
-            writer.write(((NoteLayer) layer).getNoteData());
-            os.flush();
-            writer.close();
+            try (OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
+                 NoteWriter writer = new NoteWriter(os)) {
+                writer.write(((NoteLayer) layer).getNoteData());
+            }
         }
     }