NEED JAVA I/O HALP BAD

if the user gives me the name of a file, how do i establish a connection/begin working with the file itself? sorry if this sounds stupid but i has no textbook and my professor spent only about ten seconds on this in lecture while i was looking the other way. (a multitude of internets to whoever knows)

>>6
I will be the nice one. You cannot establish a connection to a file. A file is not a socket. It is not a remote server. It is not the girlfriend who dumped you because you are an idiot. You open a file. In Java, you open an InputFileStream to the file. This is the only way you can gain input from a file.

Wait. I can't believe that they're actually using the word "connection" there. Dumbasses. That's Sun for you. Well, If you actually read what >>5 so generously and benevolently offered for your enlightment, you would never have written >>6.

What have we learned here: don't stare at the boobs of the girl next to you while the teacher is lecturing.