BufferedReader.readLine() has the following syntax.
public String readLine() throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use BufferedReader.readLine() method.
// w w w. j a v a2 s . c om import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String thisLine = null; BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("c:/test.txt")); while ((thisLine = br.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(thisLine); } } }