Java Program building

Archestic

Hey, im quite new to the whole java programming. I have been asked by a friend of mine to help produce a program which will read in a text file and display some of its attributes:
- number of vouls
- frequency and lenght of words etc.

Would anyone have any code, or know of anywhere i might be able to find some code which could help with this task. I really dont know where to start so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Matt