how to read in a file in java

// Java Program to illustrate reading from 
// FileReader using FileReader 
import java.io.*; 
public class ReadingFromFile 
{ 
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception 
  { 
    // pass the path to the file as a parameter 
    FileReader fr = 
      new FileReader("C:\\Users\\pankaj\\Desktop\\test.txt"); 
  
    int i; 
    while ((i=fr.read()) != -1) 
      System.out.print((char) i); 
  } 
} 
import java.io.File;  // Import the File class
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;  // Import this class to handle errors
import java.util.Scanner; // Import the Scanner class to read text files

public class ReadFile {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      File myObj = new File("filename.txt");
      Scanner myReader = new Scanner(myObj);
      while (myReader.hasNextLine()) {
        String data = myReader.nextLine();
        System.out.println(data);
      }
      myReader.close();
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
      System.out.println("An error occurred.");
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
// Java Program to illustrate reading from FileReader 
// using Scanner Class reading entire File 
// without using loop 
import java.io.File; 
import java.io.FileNotFoundException; 
import java.util.Scanner; 
  
public class ReadingEntireFileWithoutLoop 
{ 
  public static void main(String[] args) 
                        throws FileNotFoundException 
  { 
    File file = new File("C:\\Users\\pankaj\\Desktop\\test.txt"); 
    Scanner sc = new Scanner(file); 
  
    // we just need to use \\Z as delimiter 
    sc.useDelimiter("\\Z"); 
  
    System.out.println(sc.next()); 
  } 
} 
// Java Program to illustrate reading from FileReader 
// using BufferedReader 
import java.io.*; 
public class ReadFromFile2 
{ 
  public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception 
  { 
  // We need to provide file path as the parameter: 
  // double backquote is to avoid compiler interpret words 
  // like \test as \t (ie. as a escape sequence) 
  File file = new File("C:\\Users\\pankaj\\Desktop\\test.txt"); 
  
  BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)); 
  
  String st; 
  while ((st = br.readLine()) != null) 
    System.out.println(st); 
  } 
}