Reading a text file

[Mohamed Manas]

hi,
I am trying to read data from a text file named "myFile.txt".
Although the text file is in the same directory with the class JVM throws the FileNotFoundException.
I've added the code here. Is there a flow in the coding?
Thanks in advance.

File aFile=new File("myFile.txt");
BufferedReader br=null;
 
try
{
br=new BufferedReader(new FileReader(aFile));
String line=null;
 
while((line=br.readLine())!=null)
{
System.out.println(line);
}
}
catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe)
{
fnfe.printStackTrace();
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{
ioe.printStackTrace();
}    

[Joe Ess]

By default the classes in the java.io package always resolve relative pathnames against the current user directory. This directory is named by the system property user.dir, and is typically the directory in which the Java virtual machine was invoked.

java.io.File

Try invoking getCanonicalPath() on the File instance to see where exactly the JVM is looking.
[ June 06, 2008: Message edited by: Joe Ess ]