package diffutils; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.List; public class Example { public static List fileToLines(String filename) { List lines = new LinkedList(); String line = ""; try { BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename)); while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) { lines.add(line); } in.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return lines; } }