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+/*
+ * Copyright 1996-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun 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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.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));
+    }
+
+}