#454 Code Review of a String Search Method in a File

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Tochka Bank

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JavaIO & NIOCode Review

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boolean containsStringInData(String csvFile, String str) throw IOException {

    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(csvFile);
    ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList();

    String line;
    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
        list.add(line);
    }

    boolean result;
    for (String s : list) {
        if (s == str) {
            result = true;
        }
    }

    return result;
}

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