Java Text File Read Line readLines(File file)

Description

read Lines

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static List<String> readLines(File file) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

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

import java.io.FileReader;

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

public class Main {
    public static List<String> readLines(File file) throws Exception {
        if (!file.exists()) {
            return new ArrayList<String>();
        }
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
        List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
        try {
            String line = reader.readLine();
            while (line != null) {
                results.add(line);
                line = reader.readLine();
            }
        } finally {
            reader.close();
        }
        return results;
    }
}

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