Java File to String fileToString(File file)

Description

Reads a File and places the contents into a collection of Strings.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
the	file to read

Return

the Collection of Strings or null on failure

Declaration

public static Collection<String> fileToString(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w  ww.j a  v a 2s . c  o  m
 * This file is part of SpoutAPI (http://www.getspout.org/).
 *
 * SpoutAPI is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * SpoutAPI is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.Collection;

import java.util.LinkedList;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads a File and places the contents into a collection of Strings.
     *
     * Each line in the File is converted into a String.
     *
     * Iterators on the List will iterate through the Strings in the order the
     * lines appear in the file
     *
     * @param the file to read
     * @return the Collection of Strings or null on failure
     */
    public static Collection<String> fileToString(File file) {

        BufferedReader br;

        try {
            br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
        } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
            return null;
        }

        String line;

        try {
            Collection<String> strings = new LinkedList<String>();
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                strings.add(line);
            }
            return strings;
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            return null;
        } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
            return null;
        } finally {
            try {
                br.close();
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
            }
        }
    }
}

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