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jtulach@1334: 
jtulach@1334: package java.io;
jtulach@1334: 
jtulach@1334: 
jtulach@1334: /**
jtulach@1334:  * Convenience class for reading character files.  The constructors of this
jtulach@1334:  * class assume that the default character encoding and the default byte-buffer
jtulach@1334:  * size are appropriate.  To specify these values yourself, construct an
jtulach@1334:  * InputStreamReader on a FileInputStream.
jtulach@1334:  *
jtulach@1334:  * <p><code>FileReader</code> is meant for reading streams of characters.
jtulach@1334:  * For reading streams of raw bytes, consider using a
jtulach@1334:  * <code>FileInputStream</code>.
jtulach@1334:  *
jtulach@1334:  * @see InputStreamReader
jtulach@1334:  * @see FileInputStream
jtulach@1334:  *
jtulach@1334:  * @author      Mark Reinhold
jtulach@1334:  * @since       JDK1.1
jtulach@1334:  */
jtulach@1334: public class FileReader extends InputStreamReader {
jtulach@1334: 
jtulach@1334:    /**
jtulach@1334:     * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the name of the
jtulach@1334:     * file to read from.
jtulach@1334:     *
jtulach@1334:     * @param fileName the name of the file to read from
jtulach@1334:     * @exception  FileNotFoundException  if the named file does not exist,
jtulach@1334:     *                   is a directory rather than a regular file,
jtulach@1334:     *                   or for some other reason cannot be opened for
jtulach@1334:     *                   reading.
jtulach@1334:     */
jtulach@1334:     public FileReader(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException {
jtulach@1334:         super(new FileInputStream(fileName));
jtulach@1334:     }
jtulach@1334: 
jtulach@1334:    /**
jtulach@1334:     * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the <tt>File</tt>
jtulach@1334:     * to read from.
jtulach@1334:     *
jtulach@1334:     * @param file the <tt>File</tt> to read from
jtulach@1334:     * @exception  FileNotFoundException  if the file does not exist,
jtulach@1334:     *                   is a directory rather than a regular file,
jtulach@1334:     *                   or for some other reason cannot be opened for
jtulach@1334:     *                   reading.
jtulach@1334:     */
jtulach@1334:     public FileReader(File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
jtulach@1334:         super(new FileInputStream(file));
jtulach@1334:     }
jtulach@1334: 
jtulach@1334:    /**
jtulach@1334:     * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the
jtulach@1334:     * <tt>FileDescriptor</tt> to read from.
jtulach@1334:     *
jtulach@1334:     * @param fd the FileDescriptor to read from
jtulach@1334:     */
jtulach@1334:     public FileReader(FileDescriptor fd) {
jtulach@1334:         super(new FileInputStream(fd));
jtulach@1334:     }
jtulach@1334: 
jtulach@1334: }