Problems reading file

[tom rubbens]

i'm working in the path c:/info3/be/kahosl
there i have my Test2.class with following code:
package be.kahosl;
...
try {
FileInputStream istream = new FileInputStream("/be/kahosl/test.txt");
java.io.BufferedReader reader = new java.io.BufferedReader(istream);
String line;
while((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
jTextArea1.setText(line);
System.out.println("OK");
}
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println("error file");
}
catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("error");
}
as you c i'm trying to read the file test.txt who is in the same folder as my class and my class is package be.kahosl. I always get: error file... does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

[Jose Botella]

Welcome to the Ranch Tom.
I think the first forward slash in the string representing the path to the file is interpreted as the root of the filesystem. That is an abolute path, but the file is not in c:\be\khsol\ directory.
A BufferedReader needs a Reader for construction. But an InputStream "is" not such class.

[Gregg Bolinger]

Although this is probably happening in a SWING GUI of some sort. It really doesn't pertain so Swing at all. So I am moving it to I/O and Streams...