Android File Content Search fileContains(String aFileName, String aSearchString, boolean caseInSensitiveSearch)

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Description

Tests if the given File contains the given Search String

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter Description
aFileName A files name
aSearchString the String to search for
caseInSensitiveSearch If false the Search is casesensitive

Return

true if found in the file otherwise false

Declaration

public static boolean fileContains(String aFileName,
        String aSearchString, boolean caseInSensitiveSearch) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.*;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Searches case sensitively, and returns true if the given SearchString occurs in the
     * first File with the given Filename.
     *
     * @param aFileName     A files name
     * @param aSearchString the string search for
     * @return true if found in the file otherwise false
     */
    public static boolean fileContains(String aFileName,
            String aSearchString) {
        return (fileContains(aFileName, aSearchString, false));
    }

    /**
     * Tests if the given File contains the given Search String
     *
     * @param aFileName             A files name
     * @param aSearchString         the String to search for
     * @param caseInSensitiveSearch If false the Search is casesensitive
     * @return true if found in the file otherwise false
     */
    public static boolean fileContains(String aFileName,
            String aSearchString, boolean caseInSensitiveSearch) {
        boolean result = false;

        String searchString = caseInSensitiveSearch ? aSearchString
                .toLowerCase() : aSearchString;

        List<String> fileContent = new ArrayList<String>();

        try {
            fileContent = getFileContent(aFileName);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO handle Exception
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        for (String currentline : fileContent) {
            if (caseInSensitiveSearch) {
                currentline = currentline.toLowerCase();
            }

            if (currentline.contains(searchString)) {
                result = true;

                break;
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the content from a File as StringArray List.
     *
     * @param fileName A file to read from.
     * @return List of individual line of the specified file. List may be empty but not
     *         null.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static List<String> getFileContent(String fileName)
            throws IOException {
        List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();

        File aFile = new File(fileName);

        if (!aFile.isFile()) {
            //throw new IOException( fileName + " is not a regular File" );
            return result; // None
        }

        BufferedReader reader = null;

        try {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(aFile));
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO handle Exception
            e.printStackTrace();

            return result;
        }

        String aLine = null;

        while ((aLine = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            result.add(aLine + "\n");
        }

        reader.close();

        return result;
    }
}

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