Question

I wanted to create a new class object for java’s Reader class, but I can’t access the constructor since it is protected.

Reader Class Description

Reader myReader = new Reader(); 

Will not work.

Normally, I would create a new function that class to access that constructor, but since the function is a part of java default library, how do I access it? Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Reader is an abstract class. You cannot instantiate it, only for the purposes of making a subclass instance.

Did you mean

Reader myReader = new InputStreamReader(in, "UTF-8");