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FileReader.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 2093 Fri Aug 26 14:56:58 BST 2005 java.io

FileReader

java.lang.Object
- java.io.Reader
  - java.io.InputStreamReader

public class FileReader extends InputStreamReader

Convenience class for reading character files. The constructors of this class assume that the default character encoding and the default byte-buffer size are appropriate. To specify these values yourself, construct an InputStreamReader on a FileInputStream.

FileReader is meant for reading streams of characters. For reading streams of raw bytes, consider using a FileInputStream.

see: InputStreamReader
see: FileInputStream
version: 1.15, 03/12/19
author: Mark Reinhold
since: JDK1.1

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
public FileReader(String fileName)
Creates a new FileReader, given the name of the file to read from.
param
fileName the name of the file to read from
exception
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.
super(new FileInputStream(fileName));
public FileReader(File file)
Creates a new FileReader, given the File to read from.
param
file the File to read from
exception
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.
super(new FileInputStream(file));
public FileReader(FileDescriptor fd)
Creates a new FileReader, given the FileDescriptor to read from.
param
fd the FileDescriptor to read from
super(new FileInputStream(fd));
Methods Summary