Multi Thread BufferedReader for reading .txt

I'm wanting to read the line of a .txt do the task, and move on to the next line.

To make the program quicker, I want to multi-thread so each thread tries a line.

The problem is, I don't want the thread 1 trying the same line as thread 2.

Any ideas?

I suggest you have one thread doing all the reading, then put the lines into a producer/consumer queue (e.g. a LinkedBlockingQueue) - you can then have multiple threads servicing that queue as consumers.

You really don't want multiple threads performing IO here - even if you had multiple independent BufferedReaders, if you're reading from traditional disks you don't want to end up seeking in multiple places. A producer/consumer queue separates the reading from the handling fairly simply - and makes it easier to test each part in isolation as well.

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