Constructors

The constructor for BufferedReader looks like this:

         
BufferedReader( Reader in ) 

The constructor for FileReader looks like this:

         
FileReader( String fileName ) throws FileNotFoundException

The methods from BufferedReader which interest us are:

         
void close() throws IOException       // close the stream

int read() throws IOException         // read a single character into an int

String readLine() throws IOException  // read one line of characters into a String.

The read() method will be discussed later. (Both classes have other constructors and methods which will not be discussed here).