ArrayListFromFile.java

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ArrayListFromFile {

    /**
    *   Program:    ArrayListFromFile.java
    *   Purpose:    Improved version of "RandomLineFromFile.java"
    *   Creator:    Chris Clarke
    *   Created:    27.01.2015
    */

    public ArrayList<String> getArrayList(String filename) {
        ArrayList<String> myList = new ArrayList<String>();
        File file = new File(filename);
        BufferedReader br = null;
        try {
            FileReader fr = new FileReader(file);
            br = new BufferedReader(fr);
            String text;
            while ((text = br.readLine()) != null ) {
                myList.add(text);
            } // while
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            //e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("File doesn't exist!");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            //e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("Unreadable file");
        } finally {
            try {
                br.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                //e.printStackTrace();
                System.out.println("File cannot be closed");
            } catch (NullPointerException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            } // end try/catch
        } // try

        //System.out.println(myList);
        return myList;
    } // getArrayList()

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ArrayListFromFile listGetter = new ArrayListFromFile();
        String filename;
        if (args.length>0)
            filename = args[0];
        else
            filename = "Phrases.txt";
        ArrayList<String> myList = listGetter.getArrayList( filename);
        Random r = new Random();
        int ranIndex = r.nextInt( myList.size());
        System.out.println( myList.get( ranIndex));
    } // main()

} // class ArrayListFromFile