Java Text File Read Line readLines(File file, String charset)

Description

Reads lines from a file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	the file
charset	the charset

Return

a list, possibly empty, of the lines of the file

Declaration

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

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*    Copyright 2014 Duncan Jones
 *
 * 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./*  w w  w  . ja  v a  2  s.c  o m*/
 */

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads lines from an input stream.
     * 
     * @param in
     *          the stream
     * @param charset
     *          the charset
     * @return a list, possibly empty, of the lines of the file
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(InputStream in, String charset)
            throws IOException {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                in, charset));
        ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();

        String line;
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            result.add(line);
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Reads lines from a file.
     * 
     * @param file
     *          the file
     * @param charset
     *          the charset
     * @return a list, possibly empty, of the lines of the file
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(File file, String charset)
            throws IOException {
        FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
        try {
            return readLines(fis, charset);
        } finally {
            if (fis != null) {
                fis.close();
            }
        }
    }
}

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7. readLines(File file, String encoding)
8. readLines(File file, String encoding)
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