class TextAvgWordLength extends MiniJava { public static String readFile(String filename) { try { // initialization java.io.BufferedReader reader = new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.FileReader(filename)); StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); // read line after line String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) buffer.append(line); reader.close(); // return file contents as string return buffer.toString(); } catch (Exception e) { // error handling System.err.println(e); return null; } } public static void main(String[] args) { } }