Java: How to read a text file

Question

I want to read a text file containing space separated values. Values are integers. How can I read it and put it in an array list?

Here is an example of contents of t

Answer 1

Java 1.5 introduced the Scanner class for handling input from file and streams.

It is used for getting integers from a file and would look something like this:

List integers = new ArrayList();
Scanner fileScanner = new Scanner(new File("c:\\file.txt"));
while (fileScanner.hasNextInt()){
   integers.add(fileScanner.nextInt());
}

Check the API though. There are many more options for dealing with different types of input sources, differing delimiters, and differing data types.