Loading a txt file into an applet.

Question

as the topic suggests: I want to load a text file into an applet.
i only got this far:
public static String load(String path)
                        String date = "";
        File file = new File(path);
        try {
         // Load
        catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
        return date;
       } how do i load the file?
is it possible to return the data in a list (more convenient)?
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Comp-Freak

Answer 1

as the topic suggests: I want to load a text file
into an applet.
i only got this far:
public static String load(String path)
String date = "";
(path);
        try {
         // Load
        catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
        return date;
       } how do i load the file?
is it possible to return the data in a list (more
convenient)?
Message was edited by:
Comp-FreakFirst of all, you are going to have to sign your applet if you want access to the local file system (applets run on the client, not the server).
Second of all ... looking at your code, what is "date?" Is it a String (guessing based on your return value...) here is a simple routine to read a text file, line by line:
try {
   BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("myfile")));
   String input;
   while( (input = br.readLine() != null ) {
       System.out.println(input);
}  catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) { System.err.println("File not found."); }
   catch (IOException ioe) { ioe.printStackTrace(); }