Here you can find the source of readFile(final String path)
public static List<String> readFile(final String path) throws Exception
//package com.java2s; /*//from www. ja v a 2s. c o m Wenity v1.5 - a Zenity clone written in Java Copyright (c) 2012, 2013 Karoly Kalman http://kksw.zzl.org/ This file is part of Wenity v1.5. Wenity v1.5 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Wenity v1.5 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Wenity v1.5. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.Closeable; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List<String> readFile(final String path) throws Exception { BufferedReader reader = null; try { reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path)); final ArrayList<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>(); String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { lines.add(line); } return lines; } catch (Exception e) { throw new Exception("Can't read file: " + path, e); } finally { closeNoThrow(reader); } } public static final void closeNoThrow(final Closeable closeable) { if (closeable != null) { try { closeable.close(); } catch (IOException ignored) { ignored.printStackTrace(); } } } }