package arraylistplay; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Scanner; public class ReverseCopy { public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException { String inputFileName = "YoungMA.text"; String outputFileName = "YoungMAReversed.text"; ArrayList<String> words = realWordsFromFile(inputFileName); writeWordsToFile(words, outputFileName); } private static ArrayList<String> realWordsFromFile(String inputFileName) throws FileNotFoundException { // Equate a scanner with the input file Scanner scanner = establishScanner(inputFileName); // Read words from the file into a dynamically growing ArrayList ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList<>(); while (scanner.hasNext()) { String word = scanner.next(); words.add(word); } // return the words return words; } private static void writeWordsToFile(ArrayList<String> words, String outputFileName) throws IOException { // Equate a printer with an output file PrintWriter printer = getPrintWriter(outputFileName); // Print the words to the file for (int x = words.size() - 1; x >= 0; x = x - 1) { printer.println(words.get(x)); } printer.close(); } private static Scanner establishScanner(String inputFileName) throws FileNotFoundException { String fullFileName = createFullFileName(inputFileName); return new Scanner(new File(fullFileName)); } private static PrintWriter getPrintWriter(String outputFileName) throws FileNotFoundException { String fullFileName = createFullFileName(outputFileName); PrintWriter printer = new PrintWriter(fullFileName); return printer; } // Create the full file name for a simple file name, assuming that it will be // found in the CS1Files/ data subdirectory of the user's home directory. private static String createFullFileName(String fileName) { String separator = System.getProperty("file.separator"); String home = System.getProperty("user.home"); String path = home + separator + "CS1Files" + separator + "data" + separator; String fullFileName = path + fileName; return fullFileName; } }