Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { /** * Opens a {@link FileInputStream} for the specified file, providing better * error messages than simply calling <code>new FileInputStream(file)</code>. * <p/> * At the end of the method either the stream will be successfully opened, * or an exception will have been thrown. * <p/> * An exception is thrown if the file does not exist. * An exception is thrown if the file object exists but is a directory. * An exception is thrown if the file exists but cannot be read. * * @param file the file to open for input, must not be {@code null} * @return a new {@link FileInputStream} for the specified file * @throws FileNotFoundException if the file does not exist * @throws IOException if the file object is a directory * @throws IOException if the file cannot be read * @since 1.3 */ public static FileInputStream openInputStream(File file) throws IOException { if (file.exists()) { if (file.isDirectory()) { throw new IOException("File '" + file + "' exists but is a directory"); } if (file.canRead() == false) { throw new IOException("File '" + file + "' cannot be read"); } } else { throw new FileNotFoundException("File '" + file + "' does not exist"); } return new FileInputStream(file); } }