Using FileReader causes a compiler error “unhandled exception type FileNotFoundException”

Question

Ive read a few threads here that relate the same problem, but the solutions arent working. :/

I use Eclipse, here is my program.

package mypackage;
         


        

Answer 1

Use the file descriptor that you created and verified before creating the file reader. Also, you will probably run into problems using relative paths. Why is the line with the full path commented out? In any case, here is the code:

if(file1.exists()) {
     log(myfile + " exists. length : " + myfile.length());
     FileReader fr = new FileReader(file1); 
}