package com.baeldung.fileparser; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Paths; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class FilesReadLineExample { private static final String FILENAME = "src/resources/txt.txt"; public static void main(String[] args) { try { System.out.println(generateArrayListFromFile(FILENAME)); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } private static ArrayList generateArrayListFromFile(String filename) throws IOException { List result = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(filename)); return (ArrayList) result; } }