1. Description
2. Field Summary
3. Constructor Summary
4. Method Summary
5. Constructor Details
   1. FileReader(String)
   2. FileReader(File)
   3. FileReader(FileDescriptor)
   4. FileReader(String, Charset)
   5. FileReader(File, Charset)

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable, Readable

• Field Summary

  Fields declared in class java.io.Reader

  lock

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor

  Description

  FileReader(File file)

  Creates a new FileReader, given the File to read, using the default charset.

  FileReader(FileDescriptor fd)

  Creates a new FileReader, given the FileDescriptor to read, using the default charset.

  FileReader(File file, Charset charset)

  Creates a new FileReader, given the File to read and the charset.

  FileReader(String fileName)

  Creates a new FileReader, given the name of the file to read, using the default charset.

  FileReader(String fileName, Charset charset)

  Creates a new FileReader, given the name of the file to read and the charset.

• Method Summary

  Methods declared in class java.io.InputStreamReader

  close, getEncoding, read, read, ready

  Methods declared in class java.io.Reader

  mark, markSupported, nullReader, of, read, read, reset, skip, transferTo

  Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

• Constructor Details

  • FileReader

    public FileReader(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException

    Creates a new FileReader, given the name of the file to read, using the default charset.

    Parameters:

    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.

    See Also:

    • Charset.defaultCharset()

  • FileReader

    public FileReader(File file) throws FileNotFoundException

    Creates a new FileReader, given the File to read, using the default charset.

    Parameters:

    file - the 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.

    See Also:

    • Charset.defaultCharset()

  • FileReader

    public FileReader(FileDescriptor fd)

    Creates a new FileReader, given the FileDescriptor to read, using the default charset.

    Parameters:

    fd - the FileDescriptor to read

    See Also:

    • Charset.defaultCharset()

  • FileReader

    public FileReader(String fileName, Charset charset) throws IOException

    Creates a new FileReader, given the name of the file to read and the charset.

    Parameters:

    fileName - the name of the file to read

    charset - the 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

  • FileReader

    public FileReader(File file, Charset charset) throws IOException

    Creates a new FileReader, given the File to read and the charset.

    Parameters:

    file - the File to read

    charset - the 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

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