you can try an example i tried,
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package work_simple;
import java.io.*;
public class FileReaderDemo
{
static
String in = "C:\\readme.html";
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try
{
FileReader fr = new FileReader(in);
BufferedReader br= new BufferedReader(fr);
String S;
String Y = "";
while ((S = br.readLine()) != null)
{
Y = Y +" "+ S;
}
System.out.println(Y);
fr.close();
}catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println("job could not be finished: " + e);
}
System.out.println("job finished");
}
}
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