Java IO & NIO - Files.newBufferedReader() Examples

Java IO & NIO Java Java API 

Class:

java.nio.file.Files

Methods:

public static BufferedReader newBufferedReader(Path path,
                                               Charset cs)
                                        throws IOException

Opens a file for reading, returning a BufferedReader that may be used to read text from the file in an efficient manner.

Parameters:

path - the path to the file

cs - the charset to use for decoding

Returns:

a new buffered reader, with default buffer size, to read text from the file

public static BufferedReader newBufferedReader(Path path)
                                        throws IOException

Opens a file for reading, returning a BufferedReader to read text from the file in an efficient manner.

Parameters:

path - the path to the file

Returns:

a new buffered reader, with default buffer size, to read text from the file

Examples

package com.logicbig.example.files;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;

public class NewBufferedReaderExample {

    public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
        Path path = Files.write(Files.createTempFile("test", ".txt"),
                "test content".getBytes());
        System.out.println("Using newBufferedReader for path: " + path);
        System.out.println("Reading lines: ");
        try (BufferedReader bufferedReader = Files.newBufferedReader(path)) {
            bufferedReader.lines().forEach(System.out::println);
        }
    }
}

Output

Using newBufferedReader for path: C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\test9978513373578826701.txt
Reading lines: 
test content