Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] a) { File aFile = new File("charData.txt"); FileInputStream inFile = null; try { inFile = new FileInputStream(aFile); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(System.err); System.exit(1); } FileChannel inChannel = inFile.getChannel(); } }