我可以在同一类中使用两种不同的方法读取同一文件吗？

Question

I'm very new to coding. I'm learning java in a class from no experience at all. I am using a text file with words on a new line for input. The class I am creating has an object that uses string from the given file, Words, and a method with type String, getWord, which is supposed to output a random word from the given file. Here is an unfinished example of the code.

public class Words {

    public Words(String filename) throws FileNotFoundException {
       File inFile = new File(filename);
       Scanner in = new Scanner(inFile);
    }

    public String getWord(Random rand){

    } 
}

When I try to do something within getWord, like in.hasNextLine, I receive a message that "in cannot be resolved". Am I able to use that same scanner from Words in getWord? I tried making a new File object in getWords but I am unable to input the variable filename.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)

Answer 1

May be you should change your program like this.

public class Words {
Scanner in;
public Words(String filename) throws FileNotFoundException {
    File inFile = new File(filename);
    in = new Scanner(inFile);
}
............
}