tutorial_47.java

import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

class Files {
 public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException {
 String filePath = "file.txt"; // or a full path - "c:/users/jeremy/desktop/java/file.txt"
 
 String nextLine = null;

 try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath))) {
 while ((nextLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
 System.out.println( nextLine );
 }
 }
 catch (FileNotFoundException e) { 
 System.out.println(e.getLocalizedMessage()); // display the error, but continue on with our code.
 }
 catch (java.io.IOException e) {
 System.out.println("Shutting down the program because there was an error reading or closing the file.");
 throw e; // means I have to add ( throws java.io.IOException ) to the end of my method header because I am throwing a Checked Exception.
 }
 
 System.out.println("stuff here blah blah...");

 }
}