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* The {@code FileReader} is meant for reading streams of characters. For reading * streams of raw bytes, consider using a {@code FileInputStream}. * * @see InputStreamReader * @see FileInputStream * * @author Mark Reinhold * @since 1.1 */ public class FileReader extends InputStreamReader { /** * Creates a new {@code FileReader}, given the name of the file to read, * using the platform's * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}. * * @param fileName the name of the file to read * @throws FileNotFoundException if the named file does not exist, * is a directory rather than a regular file, * or for some other reason cannot be opened for * reading. */ public FileReader(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException { super(new FileInputStream(fileName)); } /** * Creates a new {@code FileReader}, given the {@code File} to read, * using the platform's * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}. * * @param file the {@code File} to read * @throws FileNotFoundException if the file does not exist, * is a directory rather than a regular file, * or for some other reason cannot be opened for * reading. */ public FileReader(File file) throws FileNotFoundException { super(new FileInputStream(file)); } /** * Creates a new {@code FileReader}, given the {@code FileDescriptor} to read, * using the platform's * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset#defaultCharset() default charset}. * * @param fd the {@code FileDescriptor} to read */ public FileReader(FileDescriptor fd) { super(new FileInputStream(fd)); } /** * Creates a new {@code FileReader}, given the name of the file to read * and the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}. * * @param fileName the name of the file to read * @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} * @throws IOException if the named file does not exist, * is a directory rather than a regular file, * or for some other reason cannot be opened for * reading. * * @since 11 */ public FileReader(String fileName, Charset charset) throws IOException { super(new FileInputStream(fileName), charset); } /** * Creates a new {@code FileReader}, given the {@code File} to read and * the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}. * * @param file the {@code File} to read * @param charset the {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} * @throws IOException if the file does not exist, * is a directory rather than a regular file, * or for some other reason cannot be opened for * reading. * * @since 11 */ public FileReader(File file, Charset charset) throws IOException { super(new FileInputStream(file), charset); } }