FileReader (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • java.io.Reader
  • • java.io.InputStreamReader
      • • java.io.FileReader

• All Implemented Interfaces:
  Closeable, AutoCloseable, Readable

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 aFileInputStream.
Since:
JDK1.1
See Also:
InputStreamReader, FileInputStream

• • Field Summary

     * ### Fields inherited from class java.io.[Reader](../../java/io/Reader.html "class in java.io")  
     `[lock](../../java/io/Reader.html#lock)`  

  • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  FileReader(File file)	Creates a new FileReader, given the File to read from.
  FileReader(FileDescriptor fd)	Creates a new FileReader, given theFileDescriptor to read from.
  FileReader(String fileName)	Creates a new FileReader, given the name of the file to read from.

  • Method Summary

    * ### Methods inherited from class java.io.[InputStreamReader](../../java/io/InputStreamReader.html "class in java.io")  
    `[close](../../java/io/InputStreamReader.html#close--), [getEncoding](../../java/io/InputStreamReader.html#getEncoding--), [read](../../java/io/InputStreamReader.html#read--), [read](../../java/io/InputStreamReader.html#read-char:A-int-int-), [ready](../../java/io/InputStreamReader.html#ready--)`  
    * ### Methods inherited from class java.io.[Reader](../../java/io/Reader.html "class in java.io")  
    `[mark](../../java/io/Reader.html#mark-int-), [markSupported](../../java/io/Reader.html#markSupported--), [read](../../java/io/Reader.html#read-char:A-), [read](../../java/io/Reader.html#read-java.nio.CharBuffer-), [reset](../../java/io/Reader.html#reset--), [skip](../../java/io/Reader.html#skip-long-)`  
    * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
    `[clone](../../java/lang/Object.html#clone--), [equals](../../java/lang/Object.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [finalize](../../java/lang/Object.html#finalize--), [getClass](../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [hashCode](../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode--), [notify](../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [toString](../../java/lang/Object.html#toString--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`

• • Constructor Detail

     * #### FileReader  
     public FileReader([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") fileName)  
                throws [FileNotFoundException](../../java/io/FileNotFoundException.html "class in java.io")  
     Creates a new  
     FileReader  
     , given the name of the file to read from.  
     Parameters:  
     `fileName` \- the name of the file to read from  
     Throws:  
     `[FileNotFoundException](../../java/io/FileNotFoundException.html "class in java.io")` \- 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.  
     * #### FileReader  
     public FileReader([File](../../java/io/File.html "class in java.io") file)  
                throws [FileNotFoundException](../../java/io/FileNotFoundException.html "class in java.io")  
     Creates a new  
     FileReader  
     , given the  
     File  
      to read from.  
     Parameters:  
     `file` \- the File to read from  
     Throws:  
     `[FileNotFoundException](../../java/io/FileNotFoundException.html "class in java.io")` \- if the file does not exist, is a directory rather than a regular file, or for some other reason cannot be opened for reading.  
     * #### FileReader  
     public FileReader([FileDescriptor](../../java/io/FileDescriptor.html "class in java.io") fd)  
     Creates a new  
     FileReader  
     , given the  
     FileDescriptor  
      to read from.  
     Parameters:  
     `fd` \- the FileDescriptor to read from

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