public static void main(String[] args) { FileHandler fh = new FileHandler(); Contact c = new Contact(); List<Contact> contactList = new ArrayList<Contact>(); String[] fields = fh.readFile(new File("/names.txt")); for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) { if (!(fields[i].equals("-----"))) { c.setFirstName(fields[i++]); c.setLastName(fields[i++]); c.setAddress(fields[i++]); c.setCity(fields[i++]); c.setState(fields[i++]); c.setZip(fields[i++]); c.setEmail(fields[i++]); c.setPhone(fields[i++]); } contactList.add(c); } for (int i = 0; i < contactList.size(); i++) { System.out.println( contactList.get(i).getFirstName() + " " + contactList.get(i).getLastName()); System.out.println(contactList.get(i).getAddress()); System.out.println( contactList.get(i).getCity() + ", " + contactList.get(i).getState() + " " + contactList.get(i).getZip()); System.out.println(contactList.get(i).getPhone()); System.out.println(contactList.get(i).getEmail()); System.out.println(); } }