public void runTest() {

    BufferedReader in = null;
    /*
     * read input from file
     */
    try {
      in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));

      String read = null;
      while ((read = in.readLine()) != null) {
        list.add(read.trim());
        count++;
      }
      for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        System.out.println(list.get(i));
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("There was a problem: " + e);
      e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
      try {
        in.close();
      } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("There was a problem: " + e);
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    }

    /*
     * send list of test messages to server
     */
    for (String command : list) {
      try {
        Thread.sleep(1000);
      } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
      net.sendMessage(new UserMessage(command, serverIp, serverPort, System.nanoTime()));
    }
  }