reader.java

  /**
   * Looks for an existing transcript and reads it into an array if found.
   * If the file doesn't exist it creates a new transcript.
   *
   * @param file File to read from
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public void readFile(File file) throws IOException {
    Charset charset = Charset.forName("utf-8");
    Arraylist<String> someList = new Arraylist<String>();
    try {
      BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(Paths.get(file.getAbsolutePath()), charset);
      String line;
      while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
        someList.put(line);
      }
    } catch (IOException x) {
      //File does not exist... not possible as user cannot select nothing from a fileChooser
    }
  }