I have a big test file with 70 million lines of text. I have to read the file line by line.
I used two different approaches:
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(FilePath),"unicode");
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
while((cur=br.readLine()) != null);
and
LineIterator it = FileUtils.lineIterator(new File(FilePath), "unicode");
while(it.hasNext()) cur=it.nextLine();
Is there another approach which can make this task faster?
Best Regards,
The answer is
This article is a great way to start.
Also, you need to create test cases in which you read first 10k(or something else, but shouldn't be too small) lines and calculate the reading times accordingly.
Threading might be a good way to go, but it's important that we know what you will be doing with the data.
Another thing to be considered is, how you will store that size of data.
I tried the following three methods, my file size is 1M, and I got results:
I run the program several times it looks that BufferedReader is faster.
@Test
public void testLargeFileIO_Scanner() throws Exception {
long start = new Date().getTime();
String fileName = "/Downloads/SampleTextFile_1000kb.txt"; //this path is on my local
InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(fileName);
try (Scanner fileScanner = new Scanner(inputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name())) {
while (fileScanner.hasNextLine()) {
String line = fileScanner.nextLine();
//System.out.println(line);
}
}
long end = new Date().getTime();
long time = end - start;
System.out.println("Scanner Time Consumed => " + time);
}
@Test
public void testLargeFileIO_BufferedReader() throws Exception {
long start = new Date().getTime();
String fileName = "/Downloads/SampleTextFile_1000kb.txt"; //this path is on my local
try (BufferedReader fileBufferReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName))) {
String fileLineContent;
while ((fileLineContent = fileBufferReader.readLine()) != null) {
//System.out.println(fileLineContent);
}
}
long end = new Date().getTime();
long time = (long) (end - start);
System.out.println("BufferedReader Time Consumed => " + time);
}
@Test
public void testLargeFileIO_Stream() throws Exception {
long start = new Date().getTime();
String fileName = "/Downloads/SampleTextFile_1000kb.txt"; //this path is on my local
try (Stream inputStream = Files.lines(Paths.get(fileName), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
//inputStream.forEach(System.out::println);
}
long end = new Date().getTime();
long time = end - start;
System.out.println("Stream Time Consumed => " + time);
}
I had a similar problem, but I only needed the bytes from the file. I read through links provided in the various answers, and ultimately tried writing one similar to #5 in Evgeniy's answer. They weren't kidding, it took a lot of code.
The basic premise is that each line of text is of unknown length. I will start with a SeekableByteChannel, read data into a ByteBuffer, then loop over it looking for EOL. When something is a "carryover" between loops, it increments a counter and then ultimately moves the SeekableByteChannel position around and reads the entire buffer.
It is verbose ... but it works. It was plenty fast for what I needed, but I'm sure there are more improvements that can be made.
The process method is stripped down to the basics for kicking off reading the file.
private long startOffset;
private long endOffset;
private SeekableByteChannel sbc;
private final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(1024);
public void process() throws IOException
{
startOffset = 0;
sbc = Files.newByteChannel(FILE, EnumSet.of(READ));
byte[] message = null;
while((message = readRecord()) != null)
{
// do something
}
}
public byte[] readRecord() throws IOException
{
endOffset = startOffset;
boolean eol = false;
boolean carryOver = false;
byte[] record = null;
while(!eol)
{
byte data;
buffer.clear();
final int bytesRead = sbc.read(buffer);
if(bytesRead == -1)
{
return null;
}
buffer.flip();
for(int i = 0; i < bytesRead && !eol; i++)
{
data = buffer.get();
if(data == '\r' || data == '\n')
{
eol = true;
endOffset += i;
if(carryOver)
{
final int messageSize = (int)(endOffset - startOffset);
sbc.position(startOffset);
final ByteBuffer tempBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(messageSize);
sbc.read(tempBuffer);
tempBuffer.flip();
record = new byte[messageSize];
tempBuffer.get(record);
}
else
{
record = new byte[i];
// Need to move the buffer position back since the get moved it forward
buffer.position(0);
buffer.get(record, 0, i);
}
// Skip past the newline characters
if(isWindowsOS())
{
startOffset = (endOffset + 2);
}
else
{
startOffset = (endOffset + 1);
}
// Move the file position back
sbc.position(startOffset);
}
}
if(!eol && sbc.position() == sbc.size())
{
// We have hit the end of the file, just take all the bytes
record = new byte[bytesRead];
eol = true;
buffer.position(0);
buffer.get(record, 0, bytesRead);
}
else if(!eol)
{
// The EOL marker wasn't found, continue the loop
carryOver = true;
endOffset += bytesRead;
}
}
// System.out.println(new String(record));
return record;
}
I actually did a research in this topic for months in my free time and came up with a benchmark and here is a code to benchmark all the different ways to read a File line by line.The individual performance may vary based on the underlying system.
I ran on a windows 10 Java 8 Intel i5 HP laptop:Here is the code.
import java.io.*;
import java.nio.channels.Channels;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
public class ReadComplexDelimitedFile {
private static long total = 0;
private static final Pattern FIELD_DELIMITER_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\^\\|\\^");
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
private void readFileUsingScanner() {
String s;
try (Scanner stdin = new Scanner(new File(this.getClass().getResource("input.txt").getPath()))) {
while (stdin.hasNextLine()) {
s = stdin.nextLine();
String[] fields = FIELD_DELIMITER_PATTERN.split(s, 0);
total = total + fields.length;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error");
}
}
//Winner
private void readFileUsingCustomBufferedReader() {
try (CustomBufferedReader stdin = new CustomBufferedReader(new FileReader(new File(this.getClass().getResource("input.txt").getPath())))) {
String s;
while ((s = stdin.readLine()) != null) {
String[] fields = FIELD_DELIMITER_PATTERN.split(s, 0);
total += fields.length;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error");
}
}
private void readFileUsingBufferedReader() {
try (BufferedReader stdin = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File(this.getClass().getResource("input.txt").getPath())))) {
String s;
while ((s = stdin.readLine()) != null) {
String[] fields = FIELD_DELIMITER_PATTERN.split(s, 0);
total += fields.length;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error");
}
}
private void readFileUsingLineReader() {
try (LineNumberReader stdin = new LineNumberReader(new FileReader(new File(this.getClass().getResource("input.txt").getPath())))) {
String s;
while ((s = stdin.readLine()) != null) {
String[] fields = FIELD_DELIMITER_PATTERN.split(s, 0);
total += fields.length;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error");
}
}
private void readFileUsingStreams() {
try (Stream<String> stream = Files.lines((new File(this.getClass().getResource("input.txt").getPath())).toPath())) {
total += stream.mapToInt(s -> FIELD_DELIMITER_PATTERN.split(s, 0).length).sum();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
private void readFileUsingBufferedReaderFileChannel() {
try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(this.getClass().getResource("input.txt").getPath())) {
try (FileChannel inputChannel = fis.getChannel()) {
try (CustomBufferedReader stdin = new CustomBufferedReader(Channels.newReader(inputChannel, "UTF-8"))) {
String s;
while ((s = stdin.readLine()) != null) {
String[] fields = FIELD_DELIMITER_PATTERN.split(s, 0);
total = total + fields.length;
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error");
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("Error");
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
//JVM wamrup
for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
total += i;
}
// We know scanner is slow-Still warming up
ReadComplexDelimitedFile readComplexDelimitedFile = new ReadComplexDelimitedFile();
List<Long> longList = new ArrayList<>(50);
for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
total = 0;
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
//readComplexDelimitedFile.readFileUsingScanner();
long stopTime = System.nanoTime();
long timeDifference = stopTime - startTime;
longList.add(timeDifference);
}
System.out.println("Time taken for readFileUsingScanner");
longList.forEach(System.out::println);
// Actual performance test starts here
longList = new ArrayList<>(10);
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
total = 0;
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
readComplexDelimitedFile.readFileUsingBufferedReaderFileChannel();
long stopTime = System.nanoTime();
long timeDifference = stopTime - startTime;
longList.add(timeDifference);
}
System.out.println("Time taken for readFileUsingBufferedReaderFileChannel");
longList.forEach(System.out::println);
longList.clear();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
total = 0;
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
readComplexDelimitedFile.readFileUsingBufferedReader();
long stopTime = System.nanoTime();
long timeDifference = stopTime - startTime;
longList.add(timeDifference);
}
System.out.println("Time taken for readFileUsingBufferedReader");
longList.forEach(System.out::println);
longList.clear();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
total = 0;
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
readComplexDelimitedFile.readFileUsingStreams();
long stopTime = System.nanoTime();
long timeDifference = stopTime - startTime;
longList.add(timeDifference);
}
System.out.println("Time taken for readFileUsingStreams");
longList.forEach(System.out::println);
longList.clear();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
total = 0;
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
readComplexDelimitedFile.readFileUsingCustomBufferedReader();
long stopTime = System.nanoTime();
long timeDifference = stopTime - startTime;
longList.add(timeDifference);
}
System.out.println("Time taken for readFileUsingCustomBufferedReader");
longList.forEach(System.out::println);
longList.clear();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
total = 0;
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
readComplexDelimitedFile.readFileUsingLineReader();
long stopTime = System.nanoTime();
long timeDifference = stopTime - startTime;
longList.add(timeDifference);
}
System.out.println("Time taken for readFileUsingLineReader");
longList.forEach(System.out::println);
}
}
I had to rewrite BufferedReader to avoid synchronized and a couple of boundary conditions that is not needed.(Atleast that's what I felt.It is not unit tested so use it at your own risk.)
import com.sun.istack.internal.NotNull;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Spliterator;
import java.util.Spliterators;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
/**
* Reads text from a character-input stream, buffering characters so as to
* provide for the efficient reading of characters, arrays, and lines.
* <p>
* <p> The buffer size may be specified, or the default size may be used. The
* default is large enough for most purposes.
* <p>
* <p> In general, each read request made of a Reader causes a corresponding
* read request to be made of the underlying character or byte stream. It is
* therefore advisable to wrap a CustomBufferedReader around any Reader whose read()
* operations may be costly, such as FileReaders and InputStreamReaders. For
* example,
* <p>
* <pre>
* CustomBufferedReader in
* = new CustomBufferedReader(new FileReader("foo.in"));
* </pre>
* <p>
* will buffer the input from the specified file. Without buffering, each
* invocation of read() or readLine() could cause bytes to be read from the
* file, converted into characters, and then returned, which can be very
* inefficient.
* <p>
* <p> Programs that use DataInputStreams for textual input can be localized by
* replacing each DataInputStream with an appropriate CustomBufferedReader.
*
* @author Mark Reinhold
* @see FileReader
* @see InputStreamReader
* @see java.nio.file.Files#newBufferedReader
* @since JDK1.1
*/
public class CustomBufferedReader extends Reader {
private final Reader in;
private char cb[];
private int nChars, nextChar;
private static final int INVALIDATED = -2;
private static final int UNMARKED = -1;
private int markedChar = UNMARKED;
private int readAheadLimit = 0; /* Valid only when markedChar > 0 */
/**
* If the next character is a line feed, skip it
*/
private boolean skipLF = false;
/**
* The skipLF flag when the mark was set
*/
private boolean markedSkipLF = false;
private static int defaultCharBufferSize = 8192;
private static int defaultExpectedLineLength = 80;
private ReadWriteLock rwlock;
/**
* Creates a buffering character-input stream that uses an input buffer of
* the specified size.
*
* @param in A Reader
* @param sz Input-buffer size
* @throws IllegalArgumentException If {@code sz <= 0}
*/
public CustomBufferedReader(@NotNull final Reader in, int sz) {
super(in);
if (sz <= 0)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Buffer size <= 0");
this.in = in;
cb = new char[sz];
nextChar = nChars = 0;
rwlock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
}
/**
* Creates a buffering character-input stream that uses a default-sized
* input buffer.
*
* @param in A Reader
*/
public CustomBufferedReader(@NotNull final Reader in) {
this(in, defaultCharBufferSize);
}
/**
* Fills the input buffer, taking the mark into account if it is valid.
*/
private void fill() throws IOException {
int dst;
if (markedChar <= UNMARKED) {
/* No mark */
dst = 0;
} else {
/* Marked */
int delta = nextChar - markedChar;
if (delta >= readAheadLimit) {
/* Gone past read-ahead limit: Invalidate mark */
markedChar = INVALIDATED;
readAheadLimit = 0;
dst = 0;
} else {
if (readAheadLimit <= cb.length) {
/* Shuffle in the current buffer */
System.arraycopy(cb, markedChar, cb, 0, delta);
markedChar = 0;
dst = delta;
} else {
/* Reallocate buffer to accommodate read-ahead limit */
char ncb[] = new char[readAheadLimit];
System.arraycopy(cb, markedChar, ncb, 0, delta);
cb = ncb;
markedChar = 0;
dst = delta;
}
nextChar = nChars = delta;
}
}
int n;
do {
n = in.read(cb, dst, cb.length - dst);
} while (n == 0);
if (n > 0) {
nChars = dst + n;
nextChar = dst;
}
}
/**
* Reads a single character.
*
* @return The character read, as an integer in the range
* 0 to 65535 (<tt>0x00-0xffff</tt>), or -1 if the
* end of the stream has been reached
* @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
*/
public char readChar() throws IOException {
for (; ; ) {
if (nextChar >= nChars) {
fill();
if (nextChar >= nChars)
return (char) -1;
}
return cb[nextChar++];
}
}
/**
* Reads characters into a portion of an array, reading from the underlying
* stream if necessary.
*/
private int read1(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException {
if (nextChar >= nChars) {
/* If the requested length is at least as large as the buffer, and
if there is no mark/reset activity, and if line feeds are not
being skipped, do not bother to copy the characters into the
local buffer. In this way buffered streams will cascade
harmlessly. */
if (len >= cb.length && markedChar <= UNMARKED && !skipLF) {
return in.read(cbuf, off, len);
}
fill();
}
if (nextChar >= nChars) return -1;
int n = Math.min(len, nChars - nextChar);
System.arraycopy(cb, nextChar, cbuf, off, n);
nextChar += n;
return n;
}
/**
* Reads characters into a portion of an array.
* <p>
* <p> This method implements the general contract of the corresponding
* <code>{@link Reader#read(char[], int, int) read}</code> method of the
* <code>{@link Reader}</code> class. As an additional convenience, it
* attempts to read as many characters as possible by repeatedly invoking
* the <code>read</code> method of the underlying stream. This iterated
* <code>read</code> continues until one of the following conditions becomes
* true: <ul>
* <p>
* <li> The specified number of characters have been read,
* <p>
* <li> The <code>read</code> method of the underlying stream returns
* <code>-1</code>, indicating end-of-file, or
* <p>
* <li> The <code>ready</code> method of the underlying stream
* returns <code>false</code>, indicating that further input requests
* would block.
* <p>
* </ul> If the first <code>read</code> on the underlying stream returns
* <code>-1</code> to indicate end-of-file then this method returns
* <code>-1</code>. Otherwise this method returns the number of characters
* actually read.
* <p>
* <p> Subclasses of this class are encouraged, but not required, to
* attempt to read as many characters as possible in the same fashion.
* <p>
* <p> Ordinarily this method takes characters from this stream's character
* buffer, filling it from the underlying stream as necessary. If,
* however, the buffer is empty, the mark is not valid, and the requested
* length is at least as large as the buffer, then this method will read
* characters directly from the underlying stream into the given array.
* Thus redundant <code>CustomBufferedReader</code>s will not copy data
* unnecessarily.
*
* @param cbuf Destination buffer
* @param off Offset at which to start storing characters
* @param len Maximum number of characters to read
* @return The number of characters read, or -1 if the end of the
* stream has been reached
* @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
*/
public int read(char cbuf[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
int n = read1(cbuf, off, len);
if (n <= 0) return n;
while ((n < len) && in.ready()) {
int n1 = read1(cbuf, off + n, len - n);
if (n1 <= 0) break;
n += n1;
}
return n;
}
/**
* Reads a line of text. A line is considered to be terminated by any one
* of a line feed ('\n'), a carriage return ('\r'), or a carriage return
* followed immediately by a linefeed.
*
* @param ignoreLF If true, the next '\n' will be skipped
* @return A String containing the contents of the line, not including
* any line-termination characters, or null if the end of the
* stream has been reached
* @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
* @see java.io.LineNumberReader#readLine()
*/
String readLine(boolean ignoreLF) throws IOException {
StringBuilder s = null;
int startChar;
bufferLoop:
for (; ; ) {
if (nextChar >= nChars)
fill();
if (nextChar >= nChars) { /* EOF */
if (s != null && s.length() > 0)
return s.toString();
else
return null;
}
boolean eol = false;
char c = 0;
int i;
/* Skip a leftover '\n', if necessary */
charLoop:
for (i = nextChar; i < nChars; i++) {
c = cb[i];
if ((c == '\n')) {
eol = true;
break charLoop;
}
}
startChar = nextChar;
nextChar = i;
if (eol) {
String str;
if (s == null) {
str = new String(cb, startChar, i - startChar);
} else {
s.append(cb, startChar, i - startChar);
str = s.toString();
}
nextChar++;
return str;
}
if (s == null)
s = new StringBuilder(defaultExpectedLineLength);
s.append(cb, startChar, i - startChar);
}
}
/**
* Reads a line of text. A line is considered to be terminated by any one
* of a line feed ('\n'), a carriage return ('\r'), or a carriage return
* followed immediately by a linefeed.
*
* @return A String containing the contents of the line, not including
* any line-termination characters, or null if the end of the
* stream has been reached
* @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
* @see java.nio.file.Files#readAllLines
*/
public String readLine() throws IOException {
return readLine(false);
}
/**
* Skips characters.
*
* @param n The number of characters to skip
* @return The number of characters actually skipped
* @throws IllegalArgumentException If <code>n</code> is negative.
* @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
*/
public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
if (n < 0L) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("skip value is negative");
}
rwlock.readLock().lock();
long r = n;
try{
while (r > 0) {
if (nextChar >= nChars)
fill();
if (nextChar >= nChars) /* EOF */
break;
if (skipLF) {
skipLF = false;
if (cb[nextChar] == '\n') {
nextChar++;
}
}
long d = nChars - nextChar;
if (r <= d) {
nextChar += r;
r = 0;
break;
} else {
r -= d;
nextChar = nChars;
}
}
} finally {
rwlock.readLock().unlock();
}
return n - r;
}
/**
* Tells whether this stream is ready to be read. A buffered character
* stream is ready if the buffer is not empty, or if the underlying
* character stream is ready.
*
* @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
*/
public boolean ready() throws IOException {
rwlock.readLock().lock();
try {
/*
* If newline needs to be skipped and the next char to be read
* is a newline character, then just skip it right away.
*/
if (skipLF) {
/* Note that in.ready() will return true if and only if the next
* read on the stream will not block.
*/
if (nextChar >= nChars && in.ready()) {
fill();
}
if (nextChar < nChars) {
if (cb[nextChar] == '\n')
nextChar++;
skipLF = false;
}
}
} finally {
rwlock.readLock().unlock();
}
return (nextChar < nChars) || in.ready();
}
/**
* Tells whether this stream supports the mark() operation, which it does.
*/
public boolean markSupported() {
return true;
}
/**
* Marks the present position in the stream. Subsequent calls to reset()
* will attempt to reposition the stream to this point.
*
* @param readAheadLimit Limit on the number of characters that may be
* read while still preserving the mark. An attempt
* to reset the stream after reading characters
* up to this limit or beyond may fail.
* A limit value larger than the size of the input
* buffer will cause a new buffer to be allocated
* whose size is no smaller than limit.
* Therefore large values should be used with care.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException If {@code readAheadLimit < 0}
* @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
*/
public void mark(int readAheadLimit) throws IOException {
if (readAheadLimit < 0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Read-ahead limit < 0");
}
rwlock.readLock().lock();
try {
this.readAheadLimit = readAheadLimit;
markedChar = nextChar;
markedSkipLF = skipLF;
} finally {
rwlock.readLock().unlock();
}
}
/**
* Resets the stream to the most recent mark.
*
* @throws IOException If the stream has never been marked,
* or if the mark has been invalidated
*/
public void reset() throws IOException {
rwlock.readLock().lock();
try {
if (markedChar < 0)
throw new IOException((markedChar == INVALIDATED)
? "Mark invalid"
: "Stream not marked");
nextChar = markedChar;
skipLF = markedSkipLF;
} finally {
rwlock.readLock().unlock();
}
}
public void close() throws IOException {
rwlock.readLock().lock();
try {
in.close();
} finally {
cb = null;
rwlock.readLock().unlock();
}
}
public Stream<String> lines() {
Iterator<String> iter = new Iterator<String>() {
String nextLine = null;
@Override
public boolean hasNext() {
if (nextLine != null) {
return true;
} else {
try {
nextLine = readLine();
return (nextLine != null);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
}
}
}
@Override
public String next() {
if (nextLine != null || hasNext()) {
String line = nextLine;
nextLine = null;
return line;
} else {
throw new NoSuchElementException();
}
}
};
return StreamSupport.stream(Spliterators.spliteratorUnknownSize(
iter, Spliterator.ORDERED | Spliterator.NONNULL), false);
}
}
And now the results:
Time taken for readFileUsingBufferedReaderFileChannel 2902690903 1845190694 1894071377 1815161868 1861056735 1867693540 1857521371 1794176251 1768008762 1853089582
Time taken for readFileUsingBufferedReader 2022837353 1925901163 1802266711 1842689572 1899984555 1843101306 1998642345 1821242301 1820168806 1830375108
Time taken for readFileUsingStreams 1992855461 1930827034 1850876033 1843402533 1800378283 1863581324 1810857226 1798497108 1809531144 1796345853
Time taken for readFileUsingCustomBufferedReader 1759732702 1765987214 1776997357 1772999486 1768559162 1755248431 1744434555 1750349867 1740582606 1751390934
Time taken for readFileUsingLineReader 1845307174 1830950256 1829847321 1828125293 1827936280 1836947487 1832186310 1820276327 1830157935 1829171481
Process finished with exit code 0
Inference: The test was run on a 200 MB file. The test was repeated several times. The data looked like this
Start Date^|^Start Time^|^End Date^|^End Time^|^Event Title ^|^All Day Event^|^No End Time^|^Event Description^|^Contact ^|^Contact Email^|^Contact Phone^|^Location^|^Category^|^Mandatory^|^Registration^|^Maximum^|^Last Date To Register
9/5/2011^|^3:00:00 PM^|^9/5/2011^|^^|^Social Studies Dept. Meeting^|^N^|^Y^|^Department meeting^|^Chris Gallagher^|^[email protected]^|^814-555-5179^|^High School^|^2^|^N^|^N^|^25^|^9/2/2011
Bottomline not much difference between BufferedReader and my CustomReader and it is very miniscule and hence you can use this to read your file.
Trust me you don't have to break your head.use BufferedReader with readLine,it is properly tested.At worst if you feel you can improve it just override and change it to StringBuilder instead of StringBuffer just to shave off half a second
If you are looking out at performance, you could have a look at the java.nio.* packages - those are supposedly faster than java.io.*
In Java 8, for anyone looking now to read file large files line by line,
Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(Paths.get("c:\myfile.txt"));
lines.forEach(l -> {
// Do anything line by line
});
Source: Stackoverflow.com