From 35bf19c5d90dad15cbb3369ca9a3f7644868b9c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikollai <nikolai.lydvo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:28:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Created StockInformationCSVReader

---
 .../millions/StockInformationCSVReader.java   | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/main/java/millions/StockInformationCSVReader.java

diff --git a/src/main/java/millions/StockInformationCSVReader.java b/src/main/java/millions/StockInformationCSVReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea0fef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/millions/StockInformationCSVReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package millions;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+
+public class StockInformationCSVReader {
+  File file;
+
+  public StockInformationCSVReader(File file) {
+    this.file = file;
+  }
+
+  public List<Stock> readFile() {
+    List<Stock> stocks = new ArrayList<>();
+    try (Reader reader = new FileReader(file); BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(reader)) {
+      List<String> lines = bufferedReader.readAllLines();
+      for (String line : lines) {
+        // Skips comment and blank lines
+        if ( !(line.startsWith("#") || line.isEmpty()) ) {
+          String[] data = line.split(",");
+          // Ensures only fields of the correct length are read
+          if (data.length == 3) {
+            String symbol = data[0];
+            String company = data[1];
+            BigDecimal price = new BigDecimal(data[2]);
+            stocks.add(new Stock(symbol, company, price));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+    return stocks;
+  }
+}
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