Java tutorial
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(); } }