FileUtils.java

package uk.co.flyingsquirrels.utils;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class FileUtils {

	public static List<String> readLines(String filename) {
		List<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>();
		try {
			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
					(FileUtils.class.getClassLoader()
							.getResourceAsStream(filename))));
			try {
				String line = reader.readLine();
				while (line != null) {
					lines.add(line);
					line = reader.readLine();
				}
			} catch (IOException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			} finally {
				reader.close();
			}
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
		return lines;
	}
}