Autograder demo: Reading a file in Java

In the class below, create a static method named readFirstLine that receives a file name as a parameter, reads the content of the first line of the file, and returns it as a String. If the file cannot be read for any reason, the method should return null.

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Autograder demo: Reading a file in Java

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