8. Reader hierarchy -- character input streams

• abstract Reader

• Constructors of the classes in the Reader hierarchy

  
      Constructor                     Throws
      ----------------------------    --------------------
      BufferedReader(Reader)          None
      FileReader(File)                FileNotFoundException
      FileReader(StringPathName)      FileNotFoundException
  
  

• Classes for opening a character file for buffered reading:

  
      BufferedReader  implements buffered reading from character stream
      FileReader      implements low-level input from character files
  
  

• Attaching a character input stream to a file

  
      // implements buffered reading from a character stream
      BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
                          // implements reading character files
                          new FileReader("books.txt"));