readLine() and .dat

[quipy]

hey there!
how do i read each line in a .dat file? is it the same way as reading a .txt file?

[crptcblade]

As long as the information in the file is just plain text, it doesn't matter what the extension of the file is...

import java.io.*;

public class Test
{
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		try
		{
			BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("c:\\status.txt")));
			String s = "";

			while ((s=br.readLine())!=null)
			{
				System.out.println(s);
			}
		} catch (Exception e){}

	}

}