/*
  * Reads a text file and return the contents of the file
  * as an array of strings. Each element in the array contains
  * one line from the text file.
  *
  * "str" is each line in the file
  */
  private static readFileToArray (String filename)
     throws Exception  
  {
    filename = ("a:\\JavadocPart1.txt");
    BufferedReader inFile = new BufferedReader (new  FileReader (filename);
    String str = null; // set initial
    int i = 0; // declare counter variable
 
    // Read text one line at a time and assign each to a  string element
    while ((str = inFile.readLine ()) != null)
    {
      i++;                                    // <-- what do U do with this ? 
      String [] anArray = new String [1000];  // <-- This is really pointless !
      anArray = str;
    } // end while
 
    return (anArray );
  } // end readFileToArray 

   /*
  * Reads a text file and return the contents of the file
  * as an array of strings. Each element in the array contains
  * one line from the text file.
  *
  * "str" is each line in the file
  */
  private static readFileToArray (String filename)
     throws Exception  
  {
    filename = ("a:\\JavadocPart1.txt");
    BufferedReader inFile = new BufferedReader (new  FileReader (filename);
    String str = null; // set initial
    int i = 0; // declare counter variable
 
    // Read text one line at a time and assign each to a  string element
    ArrayList array = new ArrayList ();
    while ((str = inFile.readLine ()) != null)      
      array.addElement ( str );
    // end while
 
    return (array.toArray ( new String[array.size()]) );
  } // end readFileToArray 

return (array.toArray ( new String[array.size()]) );

// No imports in the code (some needed)
// Assuming that fis is a BuffferedReader
ArrayList strings = new ArrayList();
String readLine;
while ((readLine = fis.readLine ()) != null) 
  strings = readLine;
 
Object[] o = strings.toArray(new String[string.size()]);
 
// As the toArray returns an Object[]
// we need to cast
String[] s = (String[])o;
 
// At this point the Variable "s" 
// is properly initialized...