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package java.io;

/**
 * A specialized {@link Reader} that reads from a file in the file system.
 * All read requests made by calling methods in this class are directly
 * forwarded to the equivalent function of the underlying operating system.
 * Since this may induce some performance penalty, in particular if many small
 * read requests are made, a FileReader is often wrapped by a
 * BufferedReader.
 *
 * @see BufferedReader
 * @see FileWriter
 */
public class FileReader extends InputStreamReader {

    /**
     * Constructs a new FileReader on the given {@code file}.
     *
     * @param file
     *            a File to be opened for reading characters from.
     * @throws FileNotFoundException
     *             if {@code file} does not exist.
     */
    public FileReader(File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
        super(new FileInputStream(file));
    }

    /**
     * Construct a new FileReader on the given FileDescriptor {@code fd}. Since
     * a previously opened FileDescriptor is passed as an argument, no
     * FileNotFoundException can be thrown.
     *
     * @param fd
     *            the previously opened file descriptor.
     */
    public FileReader(FileDescriptor fd) {
        super(new FileInputStream(fd));
    }

    /**
     * Construct a new FileReader on the given file named {@code filename}.
     *
     * @param filename
     *            an absolute or relative path specifying the file to open.
     * @throws FileNotFoundException
     *             if there is no file named {@code filename}.
     */
    public FileReader(String filename) throws FileNotFoundException {
        super(new FileInputStream(filename));
    }
}