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+/* FileReader.java -- Convenience class for reading characters from a file
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 2000, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package java.io;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides a convenient way to set up a <code>Reader</code>
+ * to read from a file.  It opens the specified file for reading and creates
+ * the <code>InputStreamReader</code> to read from the 
+ * resulting <code>FileInputStream</code>.  This class can only be used
+ * to read from files using the default character encoding.  Use
+ * <code>InputStreamReader</code> directly to use a non-default encoding.
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
+ */
+public class FileReader extends InputStreamReader
+{
+  /**
+   * This method initializes a <code>FileReader</code> instance to read from
+   * the specified <code>File</code> object.
+   *
+   * @param file The <code>File</code> object representing the file to read from
+   *
+   * @exception FileNotFoundException If the file is not found or some other 
+   *            error occurs
+   */
+  public FileReader(File file) throws FileNotFoundException
+  {
+    super(new FileInputStream(file));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method initializes a <code>FileReader</code> instance to read from
+   * this specified <code>FileDescriptor</code> object.
+   *
+   * @param fd The <code>FileDescriptor</code> to read from.
+   */
+  public FileReader(FileDescriptor fd)
+  {
+    super(new FileInputStream(fd));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method initializes a <code>FileReader</code> instance to read from
+   * the specified named file.
+   *
+   * @param name The name of the file to read from
+   *
+   * @exception FileNotFoundException If the file is not found or some other 
+   *            error occurs
+   */
+  public FileReader(String name) throws FileNotFoundException
+  {
+    super(new FileInputStream(name));
+  }
+} // class FileReader
+