//Mike Parr 1 dec 04
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*; 
import java.io.*;

class EasyFileIn{
    private String fileName="";
    private BufferedReader inFile;

//----
    public EasyFileIn(String theInFileName) {
        fileName=theInFileName;
        try{
            inFile= new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName));
        }
        catch (  IOException err){
            System.out.println("Error in opening the file: "+ fileName +"\n"+err);
            System.exit(2);
        }
    }

//----
    public String readLine(){
        String line="";
        try{
            line=inFile.readLine();

        }
        catch(IOException err){
            System.out.println("Error in readAllToList, whilst reading file: "+fileName+"\n");
            System.out.println(err);
            System.exit(2);
        }
        return line;
    }

//----
    public String readAllToString(){
        String line;
        String theContents="";
        try{
            while ((line = inFile.readLine()) != null) {
                theContents=theContents+line+"\n";
            }
        }
        catch(IOException err){
            System.out.println("Error in readAllString, whilst reading file: "+fileName+"\n");
            System.exit(2);
        }
        return theContents;

    }

//----
    public ArrayList readAllToList(){
        String line;
        ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
        try{
            while ((line = inFile.readLine()) != null) {
                list.add(line);
            }
        }
        catch(IOException err){
            System.out.println("Error in readAllToList, whilst reading file: "+fileName);
                    System.exit(2);
}

        return list;
    }

//----
    public void close(){
        try{
            inFile.close();
        }
        catch (IOException err){
            System.out.println("Error in close, whilst closing file: "+fileName);
            System.exit(2);
        }
    }

}