How to read a File using Scanner Class

Here we are discussing about reading the file using Scanner.

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package JavaIOExample;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Scanner;

/*
 * Here we will learn to read the file using Scanner.
 */
public class ReadTheFileUsingScanner {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out.println("Enter the File path");
		String filePath = scanner.next();

		/*
		 * Creates a new File instance by converting the given pathname string
		 * into an abstract pathname.
		 */
		File file = new File(filePath);

		Scanner scannerFile = null;

		try {
			/*
			 * Constructs a new Scanner that produces values scanned from the
			 * specified file. Bytes from the file are converted into characters
			 * using the underlying platform's default charset.
			 */
			scannerFile = new Scanner(file);

			/*
			 * Returns true if this scanner has another token in its input.
			 */
			while (scannerFile.hasNext())
				/*
				 * Finds and returns the next complete token from this scanner.
				 * A complete token is preceded and followed by input that
				 * matches the delimiter pattern.
				 */
				System.out.println(scannerFile.next());

		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally {
			scanner.close();
		}
	}

}