Error: cannot be applied to (java.lang.String)

[carl]

Hi, I've been starting to go through my programs by doing one part at a time so i don't run into as many errors.
Can someone please look over my open/read method?
I'm getting 1 error when i attempt to compile it I've marked in code where it is
It says this when i try to compile

Code:

Prog3test.java:28: openread(java.io.File) in Prog3test cannot be applied to (java.lang.String)
String in = openread("input.txt");

Code:

import java.io.*;
import B102.*;

class Prog3
{
          public String openread(File inputfile)
          {
          System.out.println("Opening File: " + inputfile.getName());
          BufferedReader input = null;
          String line;    
          try {
              input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(inputfile));
              while((line = input.readLine())!= null)
                {
                break;
                }
          } catch(IOException in) {
                  System.out.println("There has been an error.");
          } finally { // closing file, even on exception
                try { input.close(); }
                catch (Exception e) {}
                }
            return(line);
          }
          
          public static void main(String[] args)
          {
          	String in = openread("input.txt");  *******error here*******
          }
}

Thanks.

[hardwired]

Code:

// This method takes a File
public String openread(File inputfile)

// Here you are sending a String to a method
// that takes a File. The types do not match.
String in = openread("input.txt");

// You could do
String in = openread(new File("input.txt"));