newbie. Reading a file, deprecated method

[Roy Gardiner]

I read and (for the sake of this example) print a file:

File file = new File("fu.bar");
FileInputStream fis = null;
DataInputStream dis = null;
try {
     fis = new FileInputStream(file);
     dis = new DataInputStream(fis);

     while (dis.available() != 0) {
        System.out.println(">" + dis.readLine()+ "<");
     }

The Java documentation (can't post link) says

readLine() Deprecated. This method does not properly convert bytes to characters. As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to read lines of text is via the BufferedReader.readLine() method. Programs that use the DataInputStream class to read lines can be converted to use the BufferedReader class by replacing code of the form:
DataInputStream d = new DataInputStream(in);
with:
BufferedReader d
= new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));

but if I do this the available() method isn't, ahem, available, and I can't see what the equivalent is. Help appreciated. Pointer to alternative method of reading file also appreciated.

[hardwired]

BufferedReader returns null when it reaches the end–of–file.

File file = new File("fu.bar");
BufferedReader br = null;
try {
     br = new BufferedReader(
          new InputStreamReader(
          new FileInputStream(file)));
     String line;
     while ( (line = br.readLine()) != null ) {
        System.out.println(">" + line + "<");
     }

[Roy Gardiner]

Oh dear, a real RTFM problem -- although I didn't see anything in the FM. Betcha I will when I go back :mad:.

Thanks for such a full answer, I appreciate it.