// streams/RandomWords.java // (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. // Visit http://mindviewinc.com/Books/OnJava/ for more book information. import java.util.*; import java.util.stream.*; import java.util.function.*; import java.io.*; import java.nio.file.*; public class RandomWords implements Supplier { List words = new ArrayList<>(); Random rand = new Random(47); RandomWords(String fname) throws IOException { List lines = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(fname)); // Skip the first line: for(String line : lines.subList(1, lines.size())) { for(String word : line.split("[ .?,]+")) words.add(word.toLowerCase()); } } public String get() { return words.get(rand.nextInt(words.size())); } @Override public String toString() { return words.stream() .collect(Collectors.joining(" ")); } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { System.out.println( Stream.generate(new RandomWords("Cheese.dat")) .limit(10) .collect(Collectors.joining(" "))); } } /* Output: it shop sir the much cheese by conclusion district is */