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/* FileReader.java -- Convenience class for reading characters from a file

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package java.io;

/**

 * This class provides a convenient way to set up a <code>Reader</code>

 * to read from a file.  It opens the specified file for reading and creates

 * the <code>InputStreamReader</code> to read from the

 * resulting <code>FileInputStream</code>.  This class can only be used

 * to read from files using the default character encoding.  Use

 * <code>InputStreamReader</code> directly to use a non-default encoding.

 *

 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)

 */

public class FileReader extends InputStreamReader

{

  /**

   * This method initializes a <code>FileReader</code> instance to read from

   * the specified <code>File</code> object.

   *

   * @param file The <code>File</code> object representing the file to read from

   *

   * @exception FileNotFoundException If the file is not found or some other

   *            error occurs

   */

  public FileReader(File file) throws FileNotFoundException

  {

    super(new FileInputStream(file));

  }

  /**

   * This method initializes a <code>FileReader</code> instance to read from

   * this specified <code>FileDescriptor</code> object.

   *

   * @param fd The <code>FileDescriptor</code> to read from.

   */

  public FileReader(FileDescriptor fd)

  {

    super(new FileInputStream(fd));

  }

  /**

   * This method initializes a <code>FileReader</code> instance to read from

   * the specified named file.

   *

   * @param name The name of the file to read from

   *

   * @exception FileNotFoundException If the file is not found or some other

   *            error occurs

   */

  public FileReader(String name) throws FileNotFoundException

  {

    super(new FileInputStream(name));

  }

} // class FileReader