Using FileChannel to read text file : FileChannel « File « Java Tutorial

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    File aFile = new File("charData.xml");
    FileInputStream inFile = null;

    inFile = new FileInputStream(aFile);

    FileChannel inChannel = inFile.getChannel();
    ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(48);

    while (inChannel.read(buf) != -1) {
      System.out.println("String read: " + ((ByteBuffer) (buf.flip())).asCharBuffer().get(0));
      buf.clear();
    }
    inFile.close();
  }
}