import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**GeneralMethods is a class for commen public methods.
 *
 * @auhtor Felix Wöstemeyer
 *
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class GeneralMethods {

    /**The method readData gives back an ArrayList from the data of a given file.
     *
     * @param pathRead the given filepath to read
     * @return returns an ArrayList of Strings with the read data
     */
    public static ArrayList<String> readData(String pathRead){
        try {
            ArrayList<String> data = new ArrayList<String>();
            List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(pathRead));
            for(String line : lines){
                data.add(line);
            }
            return data;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return new ArrayList<String>();
        }
    }

    /**The method writeData saves the given data to a certain file.
     *
     * @param pathWrite the given filepath to write
     * @param data the data to be saved
     */
    public static void writeData(String pathWrite, ArrayList<String> data){
        try{
            BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(pathWrite));
            for (String d : data) {
                writer.write(d);
                writer.newLine();
            }
            writer.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}