How to read text files in Java...

"Billy" <bsharma@maxindia.com> wrote:
>
>Hi all,
> i want to write a java program that reads atext file or ms word file
>and generates a summary of that file.
>
>I mean a kind of abstract of the file.
>
>What shld i use to achieve this problem?
>
>please help me out.
>
>Thanx
>

Billy,

There is not a way, that I am aware of, to read an MS Word document in Java.
MS Word is encoded in a proprietary format that Java cannot easily navigate.
Reading a text file, on the other hand, can be handled in Java. Want you
want are the classes made available in the java.io package. You will want
to open a stream to the document, read the contents (or a portion of them)
into your program, and then perform whatever processing your program requires.
I have provided three links that I think you will find helpful:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/index.html

http://www.ifi.unibas.ch/generate.doc/English/Courses/Java/course/chapter11

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/io/package-summary.html

If you have any other questions, feel free to post another question.

Happy Coding!

Cordially,

Kyle Gabhart
dev-archive Java Pro