Reading File Error Handling

[zcruz]

I don't know what's wrong with my code. It keeps on giving me 2 errors saying:

(line with try)
Error 1: llegal start of type

(line at the end of the catch block)
Error 2: <identifier> expected

Here's my code...
What did I do wrong?
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import java.io.*;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.Enumeration;
class pass_one
{
//Read in the file line by line
try
{
BufferedReader fsr = new BufferedReader( new FileReader(input));
String str;
while(( str = fsr.readline()) != null)
{
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(str);
while(st.hasMoreTokens())
{
String s = st.nextToken();
}
}

fsr.close() //close file
}

catch(IOException e)
{
System.err.println("Error reading file: " +e.toString());
}

}//end class pass_one

 

[dbleyl]

You've got some code floating in a class that isn't associated with a member function, so if you want to execute it,
you need to wrap it in a static block, like this:
static {
//stuff here.
}

This will execute the code once when the class is loaded.

That is probably not what you want. Try putting it in a method, if you use static, you don't create an instance, otherwise, create an instance:

class A{
//static method:
public static void do() {
}
}
class B{
//instance method:
public void do() {
}
}

To use your classes:
public static void main(String args[]){
A.do();
//and
new B().do;
}