Java File to String fileToStringList(File f)

Description

Reads an UTF-8 encoded text file and returns its lines as list of String objects.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
f	- The file to read.

Return

The list of lines.

Declaration

public static List<String> fileToStringList(File f) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w  w w  . j a v a2s.  c  o m*/
 * Copyright 2015 Zsolt Jur?nyi
 *
 * 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.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads an UTF-8 encoded text file and returns its lines as list of
     * <code>String</code> objects.
     *
     * @param f
     *            - The file to read.
     * @return The list of lines.
     */
    public static List<String> fileToStringList(File f) {
        List<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();
        if (null != f && f.exists() && f.isFile()) {
            Scanner s = null;
            try {
                s = new Scanner(f, "UTF-8");
                while (s.hasNextLine()) {
                    lines.add(s.nextLine());
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } finally {
                if (null != s) {
                    s.close();
                }
            }
        }
        return lines;
    }
}

Related

1. fileToString(String path)
2. fileToString(String pathname)
3. fileToString(String strPath)
4. fileToStringArray(String fileName)
5. fileToStringBuffer(File file)
6. fileToStringList(String filePath)
7. fileToStringOneLine(String path)
8. readFileAsString(String filePath)
9. readFileAsString(String filePath)