Thread: Reading from a file

I'm working on a project for class that reads a txt file of movie-titles, genres, and quantity into a dvd rental system. Using a GUI I have the user select the txt file to be read, check to make sure it's a txt file, and then send it to a constructor to parse information. I'm getting the error response "Bad file name".

Here's the GUI code:

public MyFlixGUI() throws MissingFileException {
		JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
		fc.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES);
		int returnVal = fc.showOpenDialog(this);
		if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
			File file = fc.getSelectedFile();
                        rentals = new DVDRentalSystem(file.getName()); 
		}
		else
			throw new MissingFileException("No file selected.");    	
	}

Here's the constructor:

public DVDRentalSystem(String filename){
		inventory = new Linklist();
		reserve = new Linklist();
		athome = new Linklist();
		try{
			FileReader fr = new FileReader(filename);
			BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(fr);
			String line = input.readLine();
			while (line != null){
				Scanner scan = new Scanner(line);
				int inv = scan.nextInt();
				String genre = scan.next();
				String name = scan.nextLine();
				addToInventory(new Film(name,genre,inv));
				line = input.readLine();
			}
		}
			catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
				System.err.println("Bad file name");
			}
			catch (IOException e) {
				System.err.println("Exception in reading from file"); 
			}
 
	}

Take a look at the API for File...the getName() returns the name of the file, but you will need the full path. Look into using the getAbsolutePath() function.