diff --git a/java-strings-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/string/streamtokenizer/StreamTokenizerDemo.java b/java-strings-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/string/streamtokenizer/StreamTokenizerDemo.java
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+package com.baeldung.string.streamtokenizer;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class StreamTokenizerDemo {
+
+    private static final String INPUT_FILE = "/stream-tokenizer-example.txt";
+    private static final int QUOTE_CHARACTER = '\'';
+    private static final int DOUBLE_QUOTE_CHARACTER = '"';
+
+    public static List<Object> streamTokenizerWithDefaultConfiguration(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+        StreamTokenizer streamTokenizer = new StreamTokenizer(reader);
+        List<Object> tokens = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        int currentToken = streamTokenizer.nextToken();
+        while (currentToken != StreamTokenizer.TT_EOF) {
+
+            if (streamTokenizer.ttype == StreamTokenizer.TT_NUMBER) {
+                tokens.add(streamTokenizer.nval);
+            } else if (streamTokenizer.ttype == StreamTokenizer.TT_WORD
+                    || streamTokenizer.ttype == QUOTE_CHARACTER
+                    || streamTokenizer.ttype == DOUBLE_QUOTE_CHARACTER) {
+                tokens.add(streamTokenizer.sval);
+            } else {
+                tokens.add((char) currentToken);
+            }
+
+            currentToken = streamTokenizer.nextToken();
+        }
+
+        return tokens;
+    }
+
+    public static List<Object> streamTokenizerWithCustomConfiguration(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+        StreamTokenizer streamTokenizer = new StreamTokenizer(reader);
+        List<Object> tokens = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        streamTokenizer.wordChars('!', '-');
+        streamTokenizer.ordinaryChar('/');
+        streamTokenizer.commentChar('#');
+        streamTokenizer.eolIsSignificant(true);
+
+        int currentToken = streamTokenizer.nextToken();
+        while (currentToken != StreamTokenizer.TT_EOF) {
+
+            if (streamTokenizer.ttype == StreamTokenizer.TT_NUMBER) {
+                tokens.add(streamTokenizer.nval);
+            } else if (streamTokenizer.ttype == StreamTokenizer.TT_WORD
+                    || streamTokenizer.ttype == QUOTE_CHARACTER
+                    || streamTokenizer.ttype == DOUBLE_QUOTE_CHARACTER) {
+                tokens.add(streamTokenizer.sval);
+            } else {
+                tokens.add((char) currentToken);
+            }
+            currentToken = streamTokenizer.nextToken();
+        }
+
+        return tokens;
+    }
+
+    public static Reader createReaderFromFile() throws FileNotFoundException {
+        String inputFile = StreamTokenizerDemo.class.getResource(INPUT_FILE).getFile();
+        return new FileReader(inputFile);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        List<Object> tokens1 = streamTokenizerWithDefaultConfiguration(createReaderFromFile());
+        List<Object> tokens2 = streamTokenizerWithCustomConfiguration(createReaderFromFile());
+
+        System.out.println(tokens1);
+        System.out.println(tokens2);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/java-strings-2/src/main/resources/stream-tokenizer-example.txt b/java-strings-2/src/main/resources/stream-tokenizer-example.txt
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+3 quick brown foxes jump over the "lazy" dog!
+#test1
+//test2
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diff --git a/java-strings-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/streamtokenizer/StreamTokenizerDemoUnitTest.java b/java-strings-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/streamtokenizer/StreamTokenizerDemoUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.string.streamtokenizer;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+
+public class StreamTokenizerDemoUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenStreamTokenizerWithDefaultConfigurationIsCalled_ThenCorrectTokensAreReturned() throws IOException {
+        Reader reader = StreamTokenizerDemo.createReaderFromFile();
+        List<Object> expectedTokens = Arrays.asList(3.0, "quick", "brown", "foxes", "jump", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog", '!', '#', "test1");
+
+        List<Object> actualTokens = StreamTokenizerDemo.streamTokenizerWithDefaultConfiguration(reader);
+
+        assertArrayEquals(expectedTokens.toArray(), actualTokens.toArray());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenStreamTokenizerWithCustomConfigurationIsCalled_ThenCorrectTokensAreReturned() throws IOException {
+        Reader reader = StreamTokenizerDemo.createReaderFromFile();
+        List<Object> expectedTokens = Arrays.asList(3.0, "quick", "brown", "foxes", "jump", "over", "the", "\"lazy\"", "dog!", '\n', '\n', '/', '/', "test2");
+
+        List<Object> actualTokens = StreamTokenizerDemo.streamTokenizerWithCustomConfiguration(reader);
+
+        assertArrayEquals(expectedTokens.toArray(), actualTokens.toArray());
+    }
+
+}