This gist contains the base snippet to read files in java

ReadFile.java

import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class ReadFile {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try (Scanner fileData = new Scanner(Paths.get("file.ext"))) {
            while (fileData.hasNextLine()) {
                current = fileData.nextLine();
                if(!current.equals("")) {
                        // have fun
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
                System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}