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BJP3 Self-Check 6.21: printEntireFile2

Language/Type: Java file processing input Scanner
Author: Marty Stepp (on 2013/09/02)

In Self-Check 6.16, you are asked to write a method named printEntireFile that prompts the user for a file name and printed that file's contents to the console. Modify your code from that problem into a new method named printEntireFile2 that will repeatedly prompt until the user types the name of a file that exists on the system. If you like, you can call the method getFileName from Self-Check 6.20 (without rewriting or pasting it here) to help you solve this problem. For example, if the file example.txt contains the following input data: 

hello  how    are you
1 2 3 4

I am fine

Then the following would be an example dialogue of your method: 

Type a file name: bad.txt
Type a file name: not_here.txt
Type a file name: alsobad.txt
Type a file name: example.txt
hello  how    are you
1 2 3 4

I am fine
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This is a method problem. Write a Java method as described. Do not write a complete program or class; just the method(s) above.

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