BufferedReader




A BufferedReader is used to read data from a file.

Example:

public boolean readInFromInternet()
{
   String textSource = "http://www.autowaredevelopment.com/TeamList.txt"
  
   URL textUrl;
  
   try {
     textUrl = new URL(textSource);
     BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(textUrl.openStream()));     
     while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
       // line read in
       line = line.trim();
       // do something with the line of data
     }
     br.close();
    
   } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
     return false;
   } catch (IOException e) {
     return false;
   }
  
   return true;
} // end of public boolean readInFromInternet()