Android File Content Get getFileContent(String fileName)

Description

Gets the content from a File as StringArray List.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fileName	A file to read from.

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

List of individual line of the specified file. List may be empty but not null.

Declaration

public static List<String> getFileContent(String fileName)
        throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w ww  .  j  a  v a2 s.  c  om
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import java.io.*;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Gets the content from a File as StringArray List.
     *
     * @param fileName A file to read from.
     * @return List of individual line of the specified file. List may be empty but not
     *         null.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static List<String> getFileContent(String fileName)
            throws IOException {
        List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();

        File aFile = new File(fileName);

        if (!aFile.isFile()) {
            //throw new IOException( fileName + " is not a regular File" );
            return result; // None
        }

        BufferedReader reader = null;

        try {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(aFile));
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO handle Exception
            e.printStackTrace();

            return result;
        }

        String aLine = null;

        while ((aLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            result.add(aLine + "\n");
        }

        reader.close();

        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. getFileContent(String filePath)
2. getFileContent(String filePath, String charSet)
3. printFileContent(String filePath)