src/share/classes/java/io/FileReader.java

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  23  * questions.
  24  */
  25 
  26 package java.io;
  27 
  28 
  29 /**
  30  * Convenience class for reading character files.  The constructors of this
  31  * class assume that the default character encoding and the default byte-buffer
  32  * size are appropriate.  To specify these values yourself, construct an
  33  * InputStreamReader on a FileInputStream.
  34  *
  35  * <p><code>FileReader</code> is meant for reading streams of characters.
  36  * For reading streams of raw bytes, consider using a
  37  * <code>FileInputStream</code>.
  38  *
  39  * @see InputStreamReader
  40  * @see FileInputStream
  41  *
  42  * @author      Mark Reinhold
  43  * @since       JDK1.1
  44  */
  45 public class FileReader extends InputStreamReader {
  46 
  47    /**
  48     * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the name of the
  49     * file to read from.
  50     *
  51     * @param fileName the name of the file to read from
  52     * @exception  FileNotFoundException  if the named file does not exist,
  53     *                   is a directory rather than a regular file,
  54     *                   or for some other reason cannot be opened for
  55     *                   reading.
  56     */
  57     public FileReader(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException {
  58         super(new FileInputStream(fileName));
  59     }
  60 
  61    /**
  62     * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the <tt>File</tt>
  63     * to read from.




  23  * questions.
  24  */
  25 
  26 package java.io;
  27 
  28 
  29 /**
  30  * Convenience class for reading character files.  The constructors of this
  31  * class assume that the default character encoding and the default byte-buffer
  32  * size are appropriate.  To specify these values yourself, construct an
  33  * InputStreamReader on a FileInputStream.
  34  *
  35  * <p><code>FileReader</code> is meant for reading streams of characters.
  36  * For reading streams of raw bytes, consider using a
  37  * <code>FileInputStream</code>.
  38  *
  39  * @see InputStreamReader
  40  * @see FileInputStream
  41  *
  42  * @author      Mark Reinhold
  43  * @since       1.1
  44  */
  45 public class FileReader extends InputStreamReader {
  46 
  47    /**
  48     * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the name of the
  49     * file to read from.
  50     *
  51     * @param fileName the name of the file to read from
  52     * @exception  FileNotFoundException  if the named file does not exist,
  53     *                   is a directory rather than a regular file,
  54     *                   or for some other reason cannot be opened for
  55     *                   reading.
  56     */
  57     public FileReader(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException {
  58         super(new FileInputStream(fileName));
  59     }
  60 
  61    /**
  62     * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the <tt>File</tt>
  63     * to read from.