BufferedReader (Java) detecting EOF

[PolteRGeisT]

I need to use the BufferedReader class to read lines of text from a file, but I am having problems detecting the end of the file. I understand I can use the exception but this would be a bad way of doing it. I essentially want to open a file and read lines of text from it until the end of the file is reached. I've searched the Java documentation for this but have come up with nothing.

[Arjay]

Maybe do something like a while loop.


line = inFile.readLine();

while ( ( line != null) {
inputTextArea.append(line+"\n");
line = inFile.readLine();
}
inFile.close();


or perhaps..


while ((line = inFile.readLine()) != null) {
inputTextArea.append(line+"\n");
}
inFile.close();


I had to look it up cos i couldn't remember, i can never remember stuff.

Hope that helps

[PolteRGeisT]

D'oh. :( it WAS listed in the documentation, I just didn't read the full description for readLine(). Thanks for the help Arjay :)

[Arjay]

No probs :)