FileNotFoundException Test Demo

import java.io.*;
import java.util.Scanner;
/**
 * Demo of how to test that a FileNotFoundException is being caught correctly.
 *
 */
public class TestFNFException extends junit.framework.TestCase
{
    /* Tries to open a file for reading.
       @returns false if can't find the file
     */
    private boolean read(String filename)
    {
        boolean result = true;
        try
        {
            Scanner ds = new Scanner(new File(filename));
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
        {
            result = false;
        }
        return result;
    }

    public void testRead() throws IOException
    {
        File file = new File("xyz");
        file.createNewFile();
        assertTrue(read("xyz"));
        assertFalse(read("thisfiledoesntexist"));
    }

}