Here you can find the source of getReader(String name, String extension)
public static Reader getReader(String name, String extension) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w. j av a 2 s. c o m * Copyright (C) 2012 by Bram Gotink <bram.gotink@vtk.be> * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.Reader; import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream; public class Main { public static Reader getReader(String name, String extension) throws IOException { File f = new File(name); if (f.exists()) return new FileReader(f); f = new File(name + extension); if (f.exists()) return new FileReader(f); f = new File(name + ".gz"); if (!f.exists()) f = new File(name + extension + ".gz"); if (!f.exists()) throw new FileNotFoundException( "Can't find a file named \"" + name + "\", with extension \"" + extension + "\"."); FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f); InputStream gis = new GZIPInputStream(fis); return new InputStreamReader(gis); } }