check for same username

hi guys, i need some help to solve a problem which i am encountering. basically i have designed a very simple login screen, the username is created and saved in a textfile. i need to first make sure that no similar username is there so i have to check the username is this exists in the text file. the code i have written is as follows.

File destFile = new File("C:\\DATAX\\DESTINATIONS\\STAGING\\usernames. txt");
try
{
String userNames = userTextField.getText();
System.out.println(userNames);
FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream(destFile);
DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fstream);
BufferedReader existingUsers = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
String strLine;
// System.out.println(strLine);
while((strLine = existingUsers.readLine()) != null)
{
System.out.println(strLine);
boolean exists = userNames.equals(strLine);
if (exists == true)
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "User name already exists !! \n Please choose another username");
break;
}
else
{
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(destFile, true));
userTextField.write(out);
out.newLine();
out.flush();
out.close();
}
}
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
finally
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Username successfully created");
}


the code is creating a username but is not checking if the username exists. can someone help me pls?

tks

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code is creating a username but is not checking if the username exists

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What ideas do you have for how to do this?
You should save the username in a collection and have a lookup to see if the name is in the collection.
Look at the HashSet class for one place to save the names.

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found the solution to my problem. this is how i solved it. thanks for your help.

Code:

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File destFile = new File("C:\\DATAX\\DESTINATIONS\\usernames.txt");
        boolean exists = false;
        try {
            String userNames = destField.getText();
            FileInputStream fstream = null;
            DataInputStream in = null;
            BufferedReader existingUsers = null;
          try {
                fstream = new FileInputStream(destFile);
                in = new DataInputStream(fstream);
                existingUsers = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
                String strLine;
                while ((strLine = existingUsers.readLine()) != null) {
                    exists = userNames.equals(strLine);
                    if (exists == true) {
                        break;
                    }
                    }
                  }
            finally {
                existingUsers.close();
                in.close();
                fstream.close();
            }
            if (exists) {
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This destination already exists !!\nPlease choose another destination name");
            } else {
                BufferedWriter out = null;
                try {
                    out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(destFile, true));
                    destField.write(out);
                    out.newLine();
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Username successfully created");
                } finally {
                    out.flush();
                    out.close();
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

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