private void openCounterDataInputStream() throws DataFallbackException {
  if (dInput == null) {
    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())     LOG.debug("openDataInputStream() ; Opening the reader for the " + counterFile.getName() + " file");
    try {
      dInput=new BufferedReader(new FileReader(counterFile));
    }
 catch (    IOException e) {
      throw new DataFallbackException(e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}

private void openCounterDataInputStream ( ) throws DataFallbackException { if ( dInput == null ) { if ( LOG . isDebugEnabled ( ) ) LOG . debug ( "openDataInputStream() ; Opening the reader for the " + counterFile . getName ( ) + " file" ) ; try { dInput = new BufferedReader ( new FileReader ( counterFile ) ) ; } catch ( IOException e ) { throw new DataFallbackException ( e . getMessage ( ) ) ; } } }
create a stream to read from the counter file
