Java InputStream to Text Line toLines(InputStream is)

Declaration

public static List<String> toLines(InputStream is) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a list of Strings that represent lines in the fiven InputStream
     * {@code is}.
     * <p>
     * The InputStream will <strong>NOT</strong> be closed.
     * 
     * @see #toLinesAndClose(InputStream)
     * @param is
     * @return List<String> List of Strings for each line that is read from the
     *         given InputStream.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static List<String> toLines(InputStream is) throws IOException {
        final ArrayList<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();
        InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(is);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(reader);
        String line;
        while (null != (line = br.readLine())) {
            lines.add(line);
        }
        return lines;
    }
}

Related

1. toLines(InputStream is)