diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/.gitignore b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/.gitignore
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+# Intellij
+.idea/
+*.iml
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-io-2</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-io-2</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- utils -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.collections</groupId>
+            <artifactId>collections-generic</artifactId>
+            <version>${collections-generic.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-math3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.decimal4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>decimal4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${decimal4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.unix4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>unix4j-command</artifactId>
+            <version>${unix4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.googlecode.grep4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grep4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${grep4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- web -->
+        <!-- marshalling -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- logging -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+            <version>${lombok.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- test scoped -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.jayway.awaitility</groupId>
+            <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+            <version>${avaitility.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-codec.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.javamoney</groupId>
+            <artifactId>moneta</artifactId>
+            <version>${moneta.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+            <version>${esapi.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.messaging.mq</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fscontext</artifactId>
+            <version>${fscontext.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.codepoetics</groupId>
+            <artifactId>protonpack</artifactId>
+            <version>${protonpack.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>one.util</groupId>
+            <artifactId>streamex</artifactId>
+            <version>${streamex.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.vavr</groupId>
+            <artifactId>vavr</artifactId>
+            <version>${vavr.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmh-core.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmh-generator-annprocess.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+            <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.asynchttpclient/async-http-client -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.asynchttpclient</groupId>
+            <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${async-http-client.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
+            <artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
+            <version>${opencsv.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Mime Type Resolution Libraries -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
+            <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${tika.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sf.jmimemagic</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmimemagic</artifactId>
+            <version>${jmime-magic.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>core-java-io-2</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <executable>java</executable>
+                    <mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
+                    <arguments>
+                        <argument>-Xmx300m</argument>
+                        <argument>-XX:+UseParallelGC</argument>
+                        <argument>-classpath</argument>
+                        <classpath />
+                        <argument>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</argument>
+                    </arguments>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>integration</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>run-benchmarks</id>
+                                <!-- <phase>integration-test</phase> -->
+                                <phase>none</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>exec</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <classpathScope>test</classpathScope>
+                                    <executable>java</executable>
+                                    <arguments>
+                                        <argument>-classpath</argument>
+                                        <classpath />
+                                        <argument>org.openjdk.jmh.Main</argument>
+                                        <argument>.*</argument>
+                                    </arguments>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
+    <properties>
+
+        <!-- util -->
+        <bouncycastle.version>1.55</bouncycastle.version>
+        <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
+        <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
+        <decimal4j.version>1.0.3</decimal4j.version>
+        <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
+        <collections-generic.version>4.01</collections-generic.version>
+        <unix4j.version>0.4</unix4j.version>
+        <grep4j.version>1.8.7</grep4j.version>
+        <fscontext.version>4.6-b01</fscontext.version>
+        <protonpack.version>1.13</protonpack.version>
+        <streamex.version>0.6.5</streamex.version>
+        <vavr.version>0.9.0</vavr.version>
+        <opencsv.version>4.1</opencsv.version>
+        <!-- testing -->
+        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+        <avaitility.version>1.7.0</avaitility.version>
+
+        <!-- maven plugins -->
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
+        <esapi.version>2.1.0.1</esapi.version>
+        <jmh-generator-annprocess.version>1.19</jmh-generator-annprocess.version>
+        <async-http-client.version>2.4.5</async-http-client.version>
+        <!-- Mime Type Libraries -->
+        <tika.version>1.18</tika.version>
+        <jmime-magic.version>0.1.5</jmime-magic.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/filereader/FileReaderExample.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/filereader/FileReaderExample.java
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+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/filereader/FileReaderExample.java
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+package com.baeldung.filereader;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class FileReaderExample {
+
+    public static String readAllCharactersOneByOne(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+        StringBuilder content = new StringBuilder();
+        int nextChar;
+        while ((nextChar = reader.read()) != -1) {
+            content.append((char) nextChar);
+        }
+        return String.valueOf(content);
+    }
+
+    public static String readMultipleCharacters(Reader reader, int length) throws IOException {
+        char[] buffer = new char[length];
+        int charactersRead = reader.read(buffer, 0, length);
+
+
+        if (charactersRead != -1) {
+            return new String(buffer, 0, charactersRead);
+        } else {
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static String readFile(String path) {
+        FileReader fileReader = null;
+        try {
+            fileReader = new FileReader(path);
+            return readAllCharactersOneByOne(fileReader);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            if (fileReader != null) {
+                try {
+                    fileReader.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public static String readFileUsingTryWithResources(String path) {
+        try (FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(path)) {
+            return readAllCharactersOneByOne(fileReader);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+}
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/filereader/FileReaderExampleUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/filereader/FileReaderExampleUnitTest.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/filereader/FileReaderExampleUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.filereader;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class FileReaderExampleUnitTest {
+
+
+    private static final String FILE_PATH = "src/test/resources/HelloWorld.txt";
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFileReader_whenReadAllCharacters_thenReturnsContent() throws IOException {
+        String expectedText = "Hello, World!";
+        File file = new File(FILE_PATH);
+        FileReader fileReader = null;
+        try {
+            fileReader = new FileReader(file);
+            String content = FileReaderExample.readAllCharactersOneByOne(fileReader);
+            Assert.assertEquals(expectedText, content);
+        } finally {
+            if (fileReader != null) {
+                fileReader.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFileReader_whenReadMultipleCharacters_thenReturnsContent() throws IOException {
+        String expectedText = "Hello";
+        File file = new File(FILE_PATH);
+        FileReader fileReader = null;
+        try {
+            fileReader = new FileReader(file);
+            String content = FileReaderExample.readMultipleCharacters(fileReader, 5);
+            Assert.assertEquals(expectedText, content);
+        } finally {
+            if (fileReader != null) {
+                fileReader.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadFile_thenReturnsContent() {
+        String expectedText = "Hello, World!";
+        String content = FileReaderExample.readFile(FILE_PATH);
+        Assert.assertEquals(expectedText, content);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReadFileUsingTryWithResources_thenReturnsContent() {
+        String expectedText = "Hello, World!";
+        String content = FileReaderExample.readFileUsingTryWithResources(FILE_PATH);
+        Assert.assertEquals(expectedText, content);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/src/test/resources/HelloWorld.txt b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/src/test/resources/HelloWorld.txt
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index 0000000000..b45ef6fec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/src/test/resources/HelloWorld.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello, World!
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