14. BufferedReader example: reading text file

• 
  // Open a file for reading with Files.newInputStream() method, which
  // returns a stream that can read bytes from a file
  import java.nio.file.*;
  import java.io.*;
  public class ReadFile
  {
      public static void main(String[] args)
      {
          Path file = Paths.get( "C:/example/myfile.txt" );
          InputStream input = null;
          try
          {
              input = Files.newInputStream( file );
              BufferedReader reader = new
                  BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( input ) );
              String str = null;
              str = reader.readLine();
              System.out.println( str );
              input.close();
          }
          catch ( IOException ex )
          {
              System.out.println( ex );
          }
      }
  }