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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));

    }

}