/* * Copyright (c) 1996, 2001, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ package java.io;  /** * Convenience class for reading character files.  The constructors of this * class assume that the default character encoding and the default byte-buffer * size are appropriate.  To specify these values yourself, construct an * InputStreamReader on a FileInputStream. * * <p><code>FileReader</code> is meant for reading streams of characters. * For reading streams of raw bytes, consider using a * <code>FileInputStream</code>. * * @see InputStreamReader * @see FileInputStream * * @author      Mark Reinhold * @since       JDK1.1 */public class FileReader extends InputStreamReader {    /**    * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the name of the    * file to read from.    *    * @param fileName the name of the file to read from    * @exception  FileNotFoundException  if the named file does not exist,    *                   is a directory rather than a regular file,    *                   or for some other reason cannot be opened for    *                   reading.    */    public FileReader(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException {        super(new FileInputStream(fileName));    }    /**    * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the <tt>File</tt>    * to read from.    *    * @param file the <tt>File</tt> to read from    * @exception  FileNotFoundException  if the file does not exist,    *                   is a directory rather than a regular file,    *                   or for some other reason cannot be opened for    *                   reading.    */    public FileReader(File file) throws FileNotFoundException {        super(new FileInputStream(file));    }    /**    * Creates a new <tt>FileReader</tt>, given the    * <tt>FileDescriptor</tt> to read from.    *    * @param fd the FileDescriptor to read from    */    public FileReader(FileDescriptor fd) {        super(new FileInputStream(fd));    } }