public boolean ReadFile(){
  File file = new File("cd.dat");
  BufferedReader bufferedReader;
  String line= "";
  try{
  bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
} catch (FileNotFoundException nf){
    return false;
}catch (NullPointerException ee){
    return false;
}

i = 0;
try
{
 while((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
 //accountnumbers[i] = line;
  i = i + 1;
 System.out.println(line);
 }
 bufferedReader.close();
}

catch (IOException e){
  return false;
}
catch (NullPointerException efef){
 return false;
}
return true;
}
Everytime the program hits the last line in the file, it gives the error NullPointerException. Doesn't the while condition test for this? how else can I check for EOF?
Thanks.

I don't think the NullPointerException is coming from the line that was read. It might be coming from the close() method. Try this for your read loop:

try {
  while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
    i = i + 1;
    System.out.println(line);
  }
}
catch (IOException e) {
  return false;
}
catch (NullPointerException efef) {
  return false;
}
finally {
  if (bufferedReader != null) {
    try {
      bufferedReader.close();
    }
    catch (Exception ignore) {
    }
  }
}

return true;

Hope that helps,

Andy