It can be from reading an empty file. Is the file you are trying to read empty?
--- A. Soroka The University of Virginia Library > On Jul 14, 2016, at 11:25 AM, tina sani <tinamadri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am getting this type of error/exception: Pre Mature end of file". Is this > coming from reading a file which is empty or something else? > I have written this code > InputStream in = FileManager.get().open( somefile > if (in == null) { > throw new IllegalArgumentException( "File: " + file + " no file exist"); > } > model.read(in,""); );