Read File Using Java BufferedInputStream Example

public class ReadFileUsingBufferedInputStream

   {

     public static void main(String[] args)

     {

       //create file object

       File file = new File("C://FileIO//ReadFile.txt");

       BufferedInputStream bin = null;

      

       try

       {

         //create FileInputStream object

         FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(file);

        

         //create object of BufferedInputStream

         bin = new BufferedInputStream(fin);

        

         /*

         * BufferedInputStream has ability to buffer input into

         * internal buffer array.

         *

         * available() method returns number of bytes that can be

         * read from underlying stream without blocking.

         */

        

         //read file using BufferedInputStream

         while( bin.available() > 0 )

         {

        

           System.out.print((char)bin.read());

         }

        

       }

       catch(FileNotFoundException e)

       {

         System.out.println("File not found" + e);

       }

       catch(IOException ioe)

       {

          System.out.println("Exception while reading the file " + ioe);

       }

       finally

       {

         //close the BufferedInputStream using close method

         try

         {

           if(bin != null)

             bin.close();

         }catch(IOException ioe)

         {

           System.out.println("Error while closing the stream : " + ioe);

         }

       }

     }

   }