Don't forget ClosedByInterruptException: if you are accessing a file using Java NIO (but not the classic Java IO), and the thread is interrupted, the file will

Don't forget ClosedByInterruptException: if you are accessing a file using Java NIO (but not the classic Java IO), and the thread is interrupted, the file will be automatically closed. There's no way I know of to keep the file open (which you might want, for instance, when the file is shared by several threads), other than not using Java NIO or not using thread interruption.