Java Text File Read Line readLines(String filename)

Description

Returns a list of text lines from the specified file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
filename	the file to read.

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	can occur if there is an error while trying toread the file.

Return

a list of text lines from the specified file.

Declaration

public static List<String> readLines(String filename) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*w w w.j a  v a  2s  .c o  m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Mindplex Media, LLC.
 *
 * 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.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a list of text lines from the specified file.
     * 
     * @param filename the file to read.
     *
     * @return a list of text lines from the specified file.
     *
     * @throws Exception can occur if there is an error while trying to
     * read the file.     
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(String filename) throws Exception {

        List<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));

        String line;
        while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
            lines.add(line);
        }

        in.close();
        return lines;
    }
}

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