BufferedReader .mark(int readAheadLimit)

[ShoeNinja]

I've been working on a file management class and would like to establish a permanent mark at the beginning of the file. I've been running into problems with the readAheadLimit. It's easy to go over while traversing the file.

Does anyone know how to establish a permanent mark at the beginning of the file to return to? I've considered remarking the file during certain method calls but this seems to be wasteful.

Thanks in advance.

[ShoeNinja]

Here's one of the constructors for my class:

Code:

   public FileBrowser(File readIt){
      try{
         this.f = readIt;
         this.fr = new FileReader(f);
         this.br = new BufferedReader(fr);
         br.mark((int)f.length() * 10);
      }catch (Exception e){
         System.out.println("Problem creating FileBrowser " + e.toString());
      }  
   }

The problem is with the mark method. The int passed to it is the number of bytes the BufferedReader can read before it loses the mark. Since I have methods that jump all over the file, the BufferedReader eventually exceeds this number and throws an an exception. Anybody have any experience with this?