code: /* LanguageTool, a natural language style checker 
   * Copyright (C) 2008 Daniel Naber (http://www.danielnaber.de)
   * 
   * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   *
   * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   * Lesser General Public License for more details.
   *
   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
   * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
   * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301
   * USA
   */
  package org.languagetool.synthesis;
  
  import java.io.InputStream;
  import java.util.ArrayList;
  import java.util.List;
  import java.util.Scanner;
  
  public final class SynthesizerTools {
    
    private SynthesizerTools() {
      // static methods only, no public constructor
    }
  
    public static List<String> loadWords(InputStream stream) {
      List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
      try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(stream, "UTF-8")) {
        while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
          String line = scanner.nextLine().trim();
          if (line.isEmpty() || line.charAt(0) == '#') {  // ignore empty lines and comments
            continue;
          }
          result.add(line);
        }
      }
      return result;
    }
  
  }
  