Code highlighted as syntax error. Why?
<p>I'm new to java and I'm trying to write this code but somehow it sees it as an error when using my variables. which has been declared ofc. </p>

<pre><code>import java.io.*;

public class FileRead {
     public void readCountries(String file){
         try{
             ObjectInputStream inputStream = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("countries"));
             Object obj = null;
             while ((obj = inputStream.readObject()) != null) {
                 if (obj instanceof Country) {
                     System.out.println(((Country)obj).toString());
                 }
             }
         } catch (EOFException ex) { //This exception will be caught when EOF is reached
                System.out.println("End of file reached.");
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            } finally {
                //Close the ObjectInputStream
                try {
                    if (inputStream != null) { //////////ERROR: inputStream cannot be resolved to a variable
                        inputStream.close(); //////////// Same here
                    }
                } catch (IOException ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
}
</code></pre>
