Added some error handling.

src/main/java/com/gyrobian/listener/LoadTextComponentFromFileListener.java

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter;
 import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
  * Listener for when a user clicks to load the contents of a file into a text component.
@@ -32,7 +34,15 @@ public class LoadTextComponentFromFileListener implements ActionListener {
 
 		int result = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(textComponent);
 		if (result == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
-			this.textComponent.setText(FileLoader.readFile(fileChooser.getSelectedFile()));
+			try {
+				this.textComponent.setText(FileLoader.readFile(fileChooser.getSelectedFile()));
+			} catch (IOException exception) {
+				String message = "Could not read file.";
+				if (exception instanceof FileNotFoundException) {
+					message = "File not found.";
+				}
+				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this.textComponent, message, "Error Reading File", JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }

src/main/java/com/gyrobian/util/FileLoader.java

@@ -33,19 +33,16 @@ public class FileLoader {
      * Reads a file into a string.
      * @param selectedFile The file object, as it is often selected by a JFileChooser.
      * @return The string containing the file, or an empty string.
+     * @throws IOException If the file could not be read.
      */
-    public static String readFile(File selectedFile) {
-        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(selectedFile))) {
-            String line;
-            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
-                sb.append(line);
-                sb.append('\n');
-            }
-            return sb.toString();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            return "";
+    public static String readFile(File selectedFile) throws IOException {
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(selectedFile));
+        String line;
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+            sb.append(line);
+            sb.append('\n');
         }
+        return sb.toString();
     }
 }