What classes do you use to read data from a file?

In Python, the main class used to read data from a file is the built-in `file` class. This class is usually accessed by using the `open()` function, which returns a file object. To read data from a file in Python, follow these steps: 1. Open the file using the `open()` function in read mode ('r') – this will give you a file object. 2. Use the `read()` method of the file object to read data from the file. 3. Close the file using the `close()` method of the file object. Example: ```python # Open the file in read mode file_object = open("example.txt", "r") # Read data from the file data = file_object.read() # Close the file file_object.close() ```

In Java, there are several classes to read data from a file, but we will focus on two common approaches: using `FileReader` and `BufferedReader` classes, and using `Files` and `Paths` classes from the `java.nio.file` package. 1. Using FileReader and BufferedReader: - Import the necessary classes from the `java.io` package. - Create a `FileReader` object and pass the file path as a parameter. - Create a `BufferedReader` object and pass the `FileReader` object as a parameter. - Use the `readLine()` method of the `BufferedReader` object to read data from the file line by line. - Close the `BufferedReader` object. Example: ```java import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; public class ReadFile { public static void main(String[] args) { try { FileReader fileReader = new FileReader("example.txt"); BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(fileReader); String line; while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(line); } bufferedReader.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } ``` 2. Using Files and Paths classes: - Import the necessary classes from the `java.nio.file` package. - Create a `Path` object representing the desired file using the `Paths.get()` method. - Use the `Files.readAllLines()` method to read all lines from the file into a List of Strings. - Iterate through the List to process the data. Example: ```java import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.util.List; public class ReadFile { public static void main(String[] args) { try { Path filePath = Paths.get("example.txt"); List lines = Files.readAllLines(filePath); for (String line : lines) { System.out.println(line); } } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } ```