Index: /trunk/JavaHelperLib/src/de/ugoe/cs/util/FileTools.java
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--- /trunk/JavaHelperLib/src/de/ugoe/cs/util/FileTools.java	(revision 73)
+++ /trunk/JavaHelperLib/src/de/ugoe/cs/util/FileTools.java	(revision 73)
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+package de.ugoe.cs.util;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class FileTools {
+	
+	/**
+	 * <p>
+	 * Returns an array of the lines contained in a file. The line seperator is "\r\n".
+	 * </p>
+	 * @param filename name of the file
+	 * @return string array, where each line contains a file
+	 * @throws IOException see {@link FileReader#read(char[])}, {@link FileReader#close()} 
+	 * @throws FileNotFoundException see {@link FileReader#FileReader(File)}
+	 */
+	public static String[] getLinesFromFile(String filename) throws IOException, FileNotFoundException {
+		return getLinesFromFile(filename, true);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * <p>
+	 * Returns an array of the lines contained in a file.
+	 * </p>
+	 * @param filename name of the file
+	 * @param cariageReturn if true, "\r\n", if false "\n" is used as line seperator
+	 * @return string array, where each line contains a file
+	 * @throws IOException see {@link FileReader#read(char[])}, {@link FileReader#close()} 
+	 * @throws FileNotFoundException see {@link FileReader#FileReader(File)}
+	 */
+	public static String[] getLinesFromFile(String filename, boolean cariageReturn) throws IOException, FileNotFoundException {
+		File f = new File(filename);
+		FileReader reader = new FileReader(f);
+		char[] buffer = new char[(int) f.length()];
+		reader.read(buffer);
+		reader.close();
+		String splitString;
+		if( cariageReturn ) {
+			splitString = "\r\n";
+		} else {
+			splitString = "\n";
+		}
+		return (new String(buffer)).split(splitString);
+	}
+
+}