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Thread: FileNotFoundException-Unable to read the contents of all the files

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    Default FileNotFoundException-Unable to read the contents of all the files

    Hi everyone currently i am working on an assignment of making an Java program to read all the files present in the path and build up a dictionary of words with frequencies of words occurred in the text files but i am getting errors in the reading of files and i am posting the block of code i have used can any one kindly guide me to do this task please!
    public static void build() {
     
    		BufferedReader br = null;
    		Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
    		String path_name=in.nextLine();
    		System.out.println("I am building an Dictionary from the files present in the path:"+path_name);
    		Path path = Paths.get(path_name);
    		File folder = new File(path_name);
    		File[] listOfFiles = folder.listFiles();
    		for (int i = 0; i < listOfFiles.length; i++) 
      {
     
       if (listOfFiles[i].isFile()) 
       {
       String files = listOfFiles[i].getName();
           if (files.endsWith(".txt") || files.endsWith(".TXT"))
           {
     
              br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(files));
    	  String s="";
    	  while(br.ready()) {
    		s+=br.readLine()+"\n";
    					}
            }
    }
    }
    }
    The following is the error i am getting
    Dictionary.java:78: error: unreported exception FileNotFoundException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
    br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(files));
    ^
    Dictionary.java:80: error: unreported exception IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
    while(br.ready()) {
    ^
    Dictionary.java:81: error: unreported exception IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
    s+=br.readLine()+"\n";
    ^
    3 errors


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    Default Re: FileNotFoundException-Unable to read the contents of all the files

    The error message clearly describes the remedy: put the offending code in a try/catch block or modify the method signature to indicate that the exception may be thrown. You can learn about these details in the Exceptions Trail.

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    Default Re: FileNotFoundException-Unable to read the contents of all the files

    Quote Originally Posted by Dinesh Raja View Post
    br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(files));
    String s="";
    while(br.ready()) {
    	s+=br.readLine()+"\n";
    }
    Here in this code there are at least two things that are not really good.
    First, don't use ready(). It has a specific meaning (see documentation, that states: "Returns: True if the next read() is guaranteed not to block for input"). It is rarely useful.
    If you want to detect the end-of-file, you must be aware that readLine() returns null on EOF. There is a common idiom: call readLine(), assign to a variable and test for null, all this into a while condition:

    String line;
    while((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
        // use line for whatever you want
    }

    Second: your final intention is to concatenate all lines (with \n as line separator). Ok, but you have used the string concatenation with += that is inefficient if you have tons of lines. It would be better to append lines and \n into a StringBuffer (or StringBuilder, Java 5+).
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    Default Re: FileNotFoundException-Unable to read the contents of all the files

    Thank you i have solved the problem by using try catch block and i have used readLine() instead of ready() so now its working cool!

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