File Input Stream problem

i have a text file that i want to read to be my input into my database in db4o. i was looking through the websites. like http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/FileInputStream.html
and
http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaAPI/java.io/FileInputStreamavailable.htm
there were different types too. like FileReader, FileInputStream. can anyone explain to me the differences between this two?
below is an example on how inside my text file is going to look like
Jack | China | 23
Helen | Holland | 34
Jenny | US | 34
Micheal | Brazil | 23
different attributes is separated by "|". i need to capture all this from a text file and store it in my db4o database. maybe someone could guide me on this? i am very new in java so forgive me if i am wrong. Thanks alot

ok. thanks alot. i will look into it
the "|" is because i want to separate different
attributes by using symbol
for example:
Name | Address | Age
Alex | Australia | 34
Jack | Malaysia | 32
Kate | Africa | 11
Holmes | California | 54
from there, this will be captured by the
BufferedReader (because this is use to capture text)
and read it and then stored inside the db4o. the
problem now is how can i capture the data and
automatic separate it as different field with this
"|" symbol
Message was edited by:
erickhHow about using Scanner:
Scanner inFile = new Scanner(new FileReader("a:\\file.txt"));

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