Java FileReader Create readTextFileAsList(File file)

Description

Read text file as String

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	File

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

file contents as

Declaration

public static List<String> readTextFileAsList(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   ww w .ja  v  a  2 s .  co  m
 * Copyright 2015 Ambud Sharma
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * 
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Read text file as {@link String}
     * @param file {@link File}
     * @return file contents as {@link List}
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static List<String> readTextFileAsList(File file) throws IOException {
        List<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
        String temp = null;
        try {
            while ((temp = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                lines.add(temp);
            }
        } finally {
            reader.close();
        }
        return lines;
    }

    /**
     * Read text file as {@link String}
     * @param fileName or path to file
     * @return file contents as {@link List}
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static List<String> readTextFileAsList(String fileName) throws IOException {
        return readTextFileAsList(new File(fileName));
    }
}

Related

1. readTextFile(String fullPathFilename)
2. readTextFile(String path)
3. readTextFile(String path)
4. readTextFile(String text_file_name)
5. readTextFile(String text_file_name)
6. readTextFileContents(File fFile)
7. readTextFileFully(File file)
8. readTextFileLines(String fullPathFilename)