Java - Only read first line of a file

Question

I only want to read the first line of a text file and put that first line in a string array.

This is what I have but its reading the whole file.

ex text in myTextFile:

Header1,Header2,Header3,Header4,Header5
1,2,3,4,5
6,7,8,9,10





String line= System.getProperty("line.separator");
String strArray[] = new String[5];


String text = null;
BufferedReader brTest = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(myTextFile));
    text = brTest .readLine();
        while (text != line) {
            System.out.println("text = " + text );
             strArray= text.split(",");
         }

Answer 1

With Java 8 and java.nio you can also do the following:

String myTextFile = "path/to/your/file.txt";
Path myPath = Paths.get(myTextFile);
String[] strArray = Files.lines(myPath)
    .map(s -> s.split(","))
    .findFirst()
    .get();

If TAsks assumption is correct, you can realize that with an additional

.filter(s -> !s.equals(""))

Answer 2

use BufferedReader.readLine() to get the first line.

BufferedReader brTest = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(myTextFile));
    text = brTest .readLine();
   System.out.println("Firstline is : " + text);

Answer 3

If I understand you, then

String text = brTest.readLine();
// Stop. text is the first line.
System.out.println(text);
String[] strArray = text.split(",");
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(strArray));