How to fill a table with data from columns & rows from a txt file

Question

I am trying to fill say:
Myname     Myclass     Mycollege
Mohan     MD     Stanford
from a txt file into 3 columns of a table. I can easily do it into a textarea component by
clicking a button:
try{
FileReader fr = new FileReader("F:/CreatorProjects1/stan.txt");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
String s1="";
String s="";
stantxtarea.setValue(s);
while((s=br.readLine())!=null) {
s1 = s1+s;
s1=s1+"\n";
stantxtarea.setValue(s1);
br.close();
fr.close();
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
All table components seem to need a database. I do not use any database. I run exe files that give output to txt files. How to solve it?
I appreciate any help in this regard...
dr.mohan rao

Answer 1

there may be another way. This is some thing some thing I can recommend. You can create property type of ObjectListDataProvider in session or application based on the scope you required. Create web bean class with property you want to show in the column (say col1, col2, col2). Initialize the list property like similar below
List dataList = new ArrayList();
ObjectListDataProvider mytableprops = new ObjectListDataProvider();
try {
//start loop read data from your txt file
//create instance of web bean for each line
//add web bean instance into dataList
//end of loop readind data from txt file
oldpins.setList(dataList );
oldpins.setObjectType(NotificationProfileBean.class);
} catch (Exception ee1){;}
return oldpins;
Sri Thuraisamy