2: Chapter 6

Question 1

File

Answer 1

A collection of information that is stored on a computer and assigned a particular name.

Question 2

Checked exception

Answer 2

An exception that must be caught or specifically declared in the header of the method that might generate it.

Question 3

throws clause

Answer 3

A declaration that a method will not attempt to handle a particular type of exception.

Question 4

Token-based processing

Answer 4

Processing input token by token (i.e. one word at a time or one number at a time).

Question 5

Input cursor

Answer 5

A pointer to the current position in an input file.

Question 6

Consuming input

Answer 6

Moving the input cursor forward past some input.

Question 7

File path

Answer 7

A description of a file’s location on a computer, starting with a drive and including the path from the root directory to the directory where the file is stored.

Question 8

Current directory (aka working directory)

Answer 8

The directory that Java uses as the default when a program uses a simple file name.

Question 9

Line-based processing

Answer 9

The practice of processing input line by line (i.e. reading in entire lines of input at a time).

Question 10

Boilerplate code

Answer 10

Code that tends to be the same from one program to another.