Reader Class

Package: java.io

Reader is an abstract class from which all character stream input classes are derived. The most commonly used input stream classes are BufferedReader and FileReader. You can use either of these classes whenever a Reader is called for.

CrossRef.eps Because you can’t create an instance of the Reader class, I won’t cover its constructors and methods here. For more information, see BufferedReader and FileReader.

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