CHAPTER 84 — Reading from Text Files

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created: 06/07/00; revised 06/09/03

CHAPTER 84 — Reading from Text Files

An input stream can be connected to a text file. With character-oriented input streams, characters are automatically translated from the external (disk file) format to the internal (Java char) format.

Chapter Topics:

  • Reader
  • FileReader and BufferedReader
  • readLine()
  • Text file copy program
  • C-style input loop

QUESTION 1:

What is the ancestor class of all character-oriented input streams?

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