Reading directly from /dev/input/event* on Linux?

Can a Java program running on Linux open a device file
like /dev/input/event0 directly?

Heapdriver wrote:

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Can a Java program running on Linux open a device file
like /dev/input/event0 directly?
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Java programs can open the same files as native ones. The user just
needs the correct permissions.

re: Reading directly from /dev/input/event* on Linux?