Java Text File Read Line readLines(String fileName)

Description

Reads the lines of the given file.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fileName	file to read

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	is thrown if file cannot be read.

Return

List of Strings representing the lines of the file

Declaration

public static List<String> readLines(String fileName)
        throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from   w  w  w .  j a  va 2s. c o  m*/
 * Copyright 2014 SAP AG
 *
 * 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.BufferedReader;

import java.io.FileInputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads the lines of the given file.
     * 
     * @param fileName
     *            file to read
     * @return List of Strings representing the lines of the file
     * @throws IOException
     *             is thrown if file cannot be read.
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(String fileName)
            throws IOException {
        List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                new FileInputStream(fileName)));

        String line = "";

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

        reader.close();

        return result;
    }
}

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