public static ArrayList readFile(String nameOfFile)
  {

      ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList();
      Scanner file = null;
      // The name of the file to open.


        // This will reference one line at a time
        String line = null;
      try {
            // FileReader reads text files in the default encoding.
            FileReader fileReader =
                new FileReader(nameOfFile);

            // Always wrap FileReader in BufferedReader.
            BufferedReader bufferedReader =
                new BufferedReader(fileReader);

            while((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
                list.add(line);
            }

            // Always close files.
            bufferedReader.close();
        }
        catch(FileNotFoundException ex) {
            System.out.println(
                "Unable to open file '" +
                nameOfFile + "'");
        }
        catch(IOException ex) {
            System.out.println(
                "Error reading file '"
                + nameOfFile + "'");
            // Or we could just do this:
            // ex.printStackTrace();
        }
      return list;
  }// readFile