/*
 * Reads a file into an ArrayList of strings
 * 
 * Simply create a FileIO object with a valid file name,
 * and it will read the file into lines
 * 
 * e.g. reading the file f.txt containing "abc\nde\n\ngh\n" will return an object with
 * file = "f.txt" 
 * lines = <"abc", "de", "", "gh">
 * 
 * Lyndon While, 2015
 */

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

class FileIO 
{
   public String file;
   public ArrayList<String> lines;
   
   public FileIO (String f) 
   {file = f; 
    try {// Open the file
         FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream(file);
         // Convert fstream to a DataInputStream
         BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fstream));
         // Initialise lines
         lines = new ArrayList<>(); 
         // Read lines while they keep coming
         while (in.ready()) lines.add(in.readLine());
         // Close the data stream
         in.close();
        } 
    catch (Exception e) {System.err.println("File input error");}
   }
}