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Java IO - How to write lines To a file and read lines from a files?

[Last Updated: Apr 11, 2020]

Java IO & NIO Java 

This tutorial shows how to write/read lines to a file.

package com.logicbig.example;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class ReadWriteLinesUtil {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
      List<String> lines = Arrays.asList("chokecherry", "dewberry", "boysenberry");
      Path path = Files.createTempFile("my-file", ".txt");

      //saving lines
      writeLines(lines, path);

      //reading lines
      readLines(path);

      path.toFile().deleteOnExit();
  }

  private static void readLines(Path path) throws IOException {
      List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(path);
      lines.forEach(System.out::println);
  }

  private static void writeLines(List<String> list, Path path) throws IOException {
      byte[] bytes = list.stream().collect(Collectors.joining("\n")).getBytes();
      Files.write(path, bytes);
  }
}
chokecherry
dewberry
boysenberry

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