3 files changed, 30 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/POIDocument.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/POIDocument.java
index 10862c6c4b..80029e373d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/POIDocument.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/POIDocument.java
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ public abstract class POIDocument implements Closeable {
      * 
      * @throws IOException thrown on errors writing to the file
      */
-    //public abstract void write() throws IOException; // TODO Implement elsewhere
+    public abstract void write() throws IOException;
 
     /**
      * Writes the document out to the specified new {@link File}. If the file 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ public abstract class POIDocument implements Closeable {
      * 
      * @throws IOException thrown on errors writing to the file
      */
-    //public abstract void write(File newFile) throws IOException; // TODO Implement elsewhere
+    public abstract void write(File newFile) throws IOException;
 
     /**
      * Writes the document out to the specified output stream. The
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/HPSFPropertiesOnlyDocument.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/HPSFPropertiesOnlyDocument.java
index 9b0f84d470..2e6656acde 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/HPSFPropertiesOnlyDocument.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/HPSFPropertiesOnlyDocument.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 ==================================================================== */
 package org.apache.poi.hpsf;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -45,13 +46,35 @@ public class HPSFPropertiesOnlyDocument extends POIDocument {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Write out to the currently open file the properties changes, but nothing else
+     */
+    public void write() throws IOException {
+        NPOIFSFileSystem fs = directory.getFileSystem();
+        
+        validateInPlaceWritePossible();        
+        writeProperties(fs, null);
+        fs.writeFilesystem();
+    }
+    /**
+     * Write out, with any properties changes, but nothing else
+     */
+    public void write(File newFile) throws IOException {
+        POIFSFileSystem fs = POIFSFileSystem.create(newFile);
+        write(fs);
+        fs.writeFilesystem();
+    }
+    /**
      * Write out, with any properties changes, but nothing else
      */
     public void write(OutputStream out) throws IOException {
         NPOIFSFileSystem fs = new NPOIFSFileSystem();
-
+        write(fs);
+        fs.writeFilesystem(out);
+    }
+    
+    private void write(NPOIFSFileSystem fs) throws IOException {
         // For tracking what we've written out, so far
-        List<String> excepts = new ArrayList<String>(1);
+        List<String> excepts = new ArrayList<String>(2);
 
         // Write out our HPFS properties, with any changes
         writeProperties(fs, excepts);
@@ -59,7 +82,6 @@ public class HPSFPropertiesOnlyDocument extends POIDocument {
         // Copy over everything else unchanged
         EntryUtils.copyNodes(directory, fs.getRoot(), excepts);
         
-        // Save the resultant POIFSFileSystem to the output stream
-        fs.writeFilesystem(out);
+        // Caller will save the resultant POIFSFileSystem to the stream/file
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFWorkbook.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFWorkbook.java
index b7d3ff0a0f..402b5d7e40 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFWorkbook.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFWorkbook.java
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ public final class HSSFWorkbook extends POIDocument implements org.apache.poi.ss
      *   you must use {@link #write(OutputStream)} or {@link #write(File)} to 
      *   write to a brand new document.
      */
-    //@Override // TODO Not yet on POIDocument
+    @Override
     public void write() throws IOException {
         validateInPlaceWritePossible();
         
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ public final class HSSFWorkbook extends POIDocument implements org.apache.poi.ss
      * @exception IOException if anything can't be written.
      * @see org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem
      */
-    //@Override // TODO Not yet on POIDocument
+    @Override
     public void write(File newFile) throws IOException {
         POIFSFileSystem fs = POIFSFileSystem.create(newFile);
         try {