A subset of the Reader hierarchy

Reader <>
    BufferedReader
    InputStreamReader
        FileReader

Notes

• All classes in the java.io package that end with Reader are members of the Reader hierarchy.
• Although you can read files with the FileReader class alone, the BufferedReader class improves efficiency and provides better methods for reading character input streams.

Classes used to connect to a file with a buffer

BufferedReader		contains methods for reading data from the stream
	->FileReader	connects the stream to a file

Constructors of these classes

How to connect a character input stream to a file

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(productsFile));