Trying to read a file with Scanner

Question

This is the code:
          public void action(){
               try{
                    Scanner sc = new Scanner(new FileReader("examples2.txt"));
                    String s;
                    while((s = sc.nextLine()) != null){
                         System.out.println(s);
               catch(FileNotFoundException e){
                    System.out.println(e);
                 }Output:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: examples2.txt (The system cannot find the file specified)Can anyone figure out why I am getting an exception? I know for a fact that the file exists and it exists in the same package as my class. I don't understand why it can't find the file. I have considered case sensitivity.
Thanks

Answer 1

SquareBox wrote:
I would NOT be using Scanner for this type of io except that my assignment says that I have to. Just curious, why don't you like it?The API seems overly finicky to me; resulting in a lot of problems for newbies (at whom I understand the class was originally targeted) who end up using it incorrectly.
Mind you, it's possible that I'm just an old dinosaur who prefers to read lines and then decide what I want to do with them myself.
I tried this:
Scanner sc = new Scanner(new BufferedReader(new FileReader("examples2.txt")));
It works.What, when FileReader alone didn't? That seems odd.
If I do that then do I have to flush the buffer? Or does it get flushed on it's own?I doubt whether it matters; flushing is generally only needed for output.
Winston