Code reviewMediumcr-g525

Subject Error handlingLevel Entry–Mid~14 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Java code that reads the first line of a file.

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Separate real bugs from style. Rank issues by severity, point at the root cause rather than the symptom, and suggest a concrete fix — specific and kind.

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Code to reviewjava

1String firstLine(String path) throws IOException {2    BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path));3    String line = r.readLine();4    r.close();5    return line;6}

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