import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; class JavaClass { private static BufferedReader br; static String readFirstLineFromFile() throws IOException { try (br = createReader("any")) { return br.readLine(); } } private static BufferedReader createReader(String path) { try { return new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path)); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { // for example purposes #createReader shouldn't throw any checked exception throw new RuntimeException(e); } } }