Reading files

[AdRock]

I am trying to read a file which has multiple lines of text.

I can open the file and read it but i would like to be able to put it into a string or something so i can use it again in other objects.

I need to create an object (which i have done) which displays the contents of the file and i also need to create an object which counts the words (which i have done also).

I need to be able to use a variable which holds the entire string of what's in the file so i can reuse it but am unsure how I would do it.

Here is the code that i have which reads the file in and displays it but is there a way i can read the file once and reuse what is read by other objects?

String textline, getFile;

   	//Constructor
   	public Document(String fileName)
   	{
		getFile = fileName;
	}
	
	//Method for reading in the file text
	public void readFile() throws IOException
	{	
		//Open the requested file for reading
		FileReader file = new FileReader(getFile);
		BufferedReader MyFile = new BufferedReader(file);	
		while((textline = MyFile.readLine()) !=null)
		{
			System.out.println(textline);
		}		
	}

[anubis]

FileReader file = new FileReader(getFile);
		BufferedReader MyFile = new BufferedReader(file);	
		while((textline = MyFile.readLine()) !=null)
		{
			System.out.println(textline);
		}

just create another variable, lets call it, String source; and then instead of s.o.p'ing the contents of the file just go

source += textline;

[AdRock]

Thanks....words fine