Do I need to close() both FileReader and BufferedReader?

java io bufferedreader filereader
Zilk picture Zilk · Sep 7, 2009 · Viewed 162.1k times · Source

I'm reading a local file using a BufferedReader wrapped around a FileReader:

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName));
// read the file
// (error handling snipped)
reader.close();

Do I need to close() the FileReader as well, or will the wrapper handle that? I've seen code where people do something like this:

FileReader fReader = new FileReader(fileName);
BufferedReader bReader = new BufferedReader(fReader);
// read the file
// (error handling snipped)
bReader.close();
fReader.close();

This method is called from a servlet, and I'd like to make sure I don't leave any handles open.

Answer

Atmocreations picture Atmocreations · Sep 7, 2009

no.

BufferedReader.close()

closes the stream according to javadoc for BufferedReader and InputStreamReader

as well as

FileReader.close()

does.

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