File 1 -------------------- File2 Write a program that compares two text files f

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File 1

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File2

Write a program that compares two text files for equality. Print out any lines that are different along with the line number Include the following: File I/O Exception Handling using a Try/Catch Block Algorithm: Initial and Refined · Internal Documentation ·All prologue information The two external files Use the following two files: File1.txt and File2.txt. These files are included. I have also attached zip files containing them because sometimes the files are converted to HTML files when downloaded,

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import java.io.*;

public class CompareTextFiles {

public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

FileInputStream fstream1 = new FileInputStream("C:\File1.txt");
FileInputStream fstream2 = new FileInputStream("C:\File2.txt");

DataInputStream in1= new DataInputStream(fstream1);
DataInputStream in2= new DataInputStream(fstream2);

BufferedReader br1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in1));
BufferedReader br2 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in2));

String strLine1, strLine2;


while((strLine1 = br1.readLine()) != null && (strLine2 = br2.readLine()) != null){
if(!strLine1.equals(strLine2)){
System.out.println(strLine1);

}

}

}
}

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