Java FileReader Create getFileReader(String fileName)

Description

Obtains a reader for the given already existing file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fileName	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
FileNotFoundException	an exception

Declaration

public static Reader getFileReader(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from ww  w .  ja  v a 2s.  c  om*/
 * Copyright 2005 Ashley Williams.
 *
 * Licensed 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.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.Reader;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Obtains a reader for the given already existing file. The returned reader
     * should be closed.
     * 
      * @deprecated call getReader with a file:// url
     * @param fileName
     * @return
     * @throws FileNotFoundException
     */
    public static Reader getFileReader(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException {
        FileReader reader;

        File file = new File(fileName);
        if (file.exists() && file.isFile()) {
            reader = new FileReader(file);
        } else {
            reader = null;
        }

        return reader;
    }
}

Related

1. getFileReader(File file)
2. getFileReader(File file)
3. getFileReader(String filename)
4. getFileReader(String fileName)
5. getFileReader(String filePath)
6. getFileReader(String sFileName)