Java Text File Read Line readLines(File file)

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Description

Reads the contents of a file line by line to a List of Strings using the default encoding for the VM.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter Description
file the file to read, must not be <code>null</code>

Exception

Parameter Description
IOException in case of an I/O error

Return

the list of Strings representing each line in the file, never null

Declaration

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

Method Source Code


//package com.java2s;
/*// ww  w  .  j a va  2 s  . c o m
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads the contents of a file line by line to a List of Strings.
     * The file is always closed.
     * 
     * @param file
     *            the file to read, must not be <code>null</code>
     * @param encoding
     *            the encoding to use, <code>null</code> means platform default
     * @return the list of Strings representing each line in the file, never <code>null</code>
     * @throws IOException
     *             in case of an I/O error
     * @throws java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException
     *             if the encoding is not supported by the VM
     * @since Commons IO 1.1
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(File file, String encoding) throws IOException {
        InputStream in = null;
        try {
            in = openInputStream(file);
            return readLines(in, encoding);
        } finally {
            if (in != null) {
                in.close();
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Reads the contents of a file line by line to a List of Strings using the default encoding for the VM.
     * The file is always closed.
     * 
     * @param file
     *            the file to read, must not be <code>null</code>
     * @return the list of Strings representing each line in the file, never <code>null</code>
     * @throws IOException
     *             in case of an I/O error
     * @since Commons IO 1.3
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(File file) throws IOException {
        return readLines(file, null);
    }

    /**
     * Get the contents of an <code>InputStream</code> as a list of Strings,
     * one entry per line, using the default character encoding of the platform.
     * <p>
     * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
     * 
     * @param input
     *            the <code>InputStream</code> to read from, not null
     * @return the list of Strings, never null
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             if the input is null
     * @throws IOException
     *             if an I/O error occurs
     * @since Commons IO 1.1
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(InputStream input) throws IOException {
        InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(input);
        return readLines(reader);
    }

    /**
     * Get the contents of an <code>InputStream</code> as a list of Strings,
     * one entry per line, using the specified character encoding.
     * <p>
     * Character encoding names can be found at <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA</a>.
     * <p>
     * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a <code>BufferedInputStream</code>.
     * 
     * @param input
     *            the <code>InputStream</code> to read from, not null
     * @param encoding
     *            the encoding to use, null means platform default
     * @return the list of Strings, never null
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             if the input is null
     * @throws IOException
     *             if an I/O error occurs
     * @since Commons IO 1.1
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(InputStream input, String encoding) throws IOException {
        if (encoding == null) {
            return readLines(input);
        } else {
            InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(input, encoding);
            return readLines(reader);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the contents of a <code>Reader</code> as a list of Strings,
     * one entry per line.
     * <p>
     * This method buffers the input internally, so there is no need to use a <code>BufferedReader</code>.
     * 
     * @param input
     *            the <code>Reader</code> to read from, not null
     * @return the list of Strings, never null
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *             if the input is null
     * @throws IOException
     *             if an I/O error occurs
     * @since Commons IO 1.1
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(Reader input) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
        List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
        String line = reader.readLine();
        while (line != null) {
            list.add(line);
            line = reader.readLine();
        }
        return list;
    }

    /**
     * Opens a {@link FileInputStream} for the specified file, providing better
     * error messages than simply calling <code>new FileInputStream(file)</code>.
     * <p>
     * At the end of the method either the stream will be successfully opened, or an exception will have been thrown.
     * <p>
     * An exception is thrown if the file does not exist. An exception is thrown if the file object exists but is a
     * directory. An exception is thrown if the file exists but cannot be read.
     * 
     * @param file
     *            the file to open for input, must not be <code>null</code>
     * @return a new {@link FileInputStream} for the specified file
     * @throws FileNotFoundException
     *             if the file does not exist
     * @throws IOException
     *             if the file object is a directory
     * @throws IOException
     *             if the file cannot be read
     * @since Commons IO 1.3
     */
    public static FileInputStream openInputStream(File file) throws IOException {
        if (file.exists()) {
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                throw new IOException("File '" + file + "' exists but is a directory");
            }
            if (file.canRead() == false) {
                throw new IOException("File '" + file + "' cannot be read");
            }
        } else {
            throw new FileNotFoundException("File '" + file + "' does not exist");
        }
        return new FileInputStream(file);
    }
}

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