File reading in Java

FileReader.java

/**
 * Read a file line by line in Java using FileReader and BufferedReader.
 * @author Marcos Hack <marcoshack@gmail.com>
 */
public class FileReader {
  String fileName = "/path/to/your/file";

  try {
    fileReader = new FileReader(fileName);
    bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(fileReader);
    String currentLine;

    do {
      line = bufferedReader.readLine();

      if (line != null) {
        // DO WHAREVER YOU WANT WITH THE LINE
      }
    } while (line != null);

  } catch (FileNotFoundException notFoundEx) {
    System.err.println("File not found: \"" + fileName);

  } catch (IOException ioEx) {
    log.error("Error reading file \"" + fileName + "\"", ioEx);

  } finally {
    try {
      if (fileReader != null) {
        fileReader.close();
      }

      if (bufferedReader != null) {
        bufferedReader.close();
      }

    } catch (IOException ioEx) {
      log.error("Fail to close file \"" + fileName + "\"", ioEx);
    }
  }
}