Java Text File Read Line readLines(String lines)

Description

Return a LinkedList of the lines in a string that aren't comments.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
lines	A String containing the lines to be separated.

Return

A LinkedList of the lines that aren't comments.

Declaration

public static LinkedList<String> readLines(String lines)
        throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* Utilities used to manipulate strings.

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import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.StringReader;

import java.util.LinkedList;

public class Main {
    /** Return a LinkedList of the lines in a string that aren't comments.
     * @param lines A String containing the lines to be separated.
     * @return A LinkedList of the lines that aren't comments.
     * @exception IOException If thrown when reading from the input String.
     */
    public static LinkedList<String> readLines(String lines)
            throws IOException {
        BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
        LinkedList<String> returnList = new LinkedList<String>();
        String line;
        bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(lines));
        try {
            // Read line by line, skipping comments.
            while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
                line = line.trim();
                if (!(line.length() == 0 || line.startsWith("/*") || line
                        .startsWith("//"))) {
                    returnList.add(line);
                }
            }
        } finally {
            if (bufferedReader != null) {
                try {
                    bufferedReader.close();
                } catch (IOException ex) {
                    // Ignore
                    ex.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
        return returnList;
    }
}

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