public void getSavedLocations() {
// System.out.println("inside getSavedLocations"); //CONSOLE * * * * * * * * * * * * *
loc.clear(); // clear locations. helps refresh the list when reprinting all the locations
BufferedWriter f = null; // just in case file has not been created yet
BufferedReader br = null;
try {
// attempt to open the locations file if it doesn't exist, create it
f =
new BufferedWriter(
new FileWriter("savedLocations.txt", true)); // evaluated true if file does not exist
br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("savedLocations.txt"));
String line; // each line is one index of the list
loc.add("Saved Locations");
// loop and read a line from the file as long as we don't get null
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null)
// add the read word to the wordList
loc.add(line);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
// attempt the close the file
br.close(); // close bufferedwriter
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
