Tilemap

src/GamePanel.java

@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
 
   //run() method is what makes the game continue running without end. It calls other methods to move objects,  check for collision, and update the screen
   public void run(){
+    try {
+      MapReader.inputMap(map, "src/Level1.txt");
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
     //the CPU runs our game code too quickly - we need to slow it down! The following lines of code "force" the computer to get stuck in a loop for short intervals between calling other methods to update the screen. 
     long lastTime = System.nanoTime();
     double amountOfTicks = 60;
@@ -197,7 +202,7 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
     return flippedImage;
   }
 
-  public void writeFile(String fileLocation, String writeString) throws IOException {
+  public static void writeFile(String fileLocation, String writeString) throws IOException {
     File newFile = new File(fileLocation);
     FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(newFile);
     fileWriter.write(writeString);
@@ -205,7 +210,7 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener{
   }
 
   // will create file if it doesn't exist
-  public String readFile(String fileLocation) throws IOException {
+  public static String readFile(String fileLocation) throws IOException {
     File newFile = new File(fileLocation);
     if (newFile.createNewFile()) {
       return null;

src/Level1

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-10000000
-01101101
-00000000
-00000000
-00010000

src/Level1.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+10000000
+01101101
+00000000
+00000000
+00010000
+00010000
+00010000
+00010000
+00000000
+00000000
+00000000
+00000000
+00000000
+00000000
+11111111

src/MapReader.java

@@ -1,27 +1,21 @@
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Scanner;
 
 public class MapReader {
-    public static void inputMap(ArrayList<Tile> map, File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
+    public static void inputMap(ArrayList<Tile> map, String filePath) throws IOException {
+      String file = GamePanel.readFile(filePath);
       int x = 0;
       int y = 0;
-        Scanner sc = new Scanner(new BufferedReader(new FileReader("src/Level1.txt")));
-        int rows = 7;
-        int columns = 7;
-        while(sc.hasNextLine()) {
-            for (int i=0; i<7; i++) {
-                String[] line = sc.nextLine().trim().split(" ");
-                for (int j=0; j<line.length; j++) {
+      for(int i=0; i<file.length(); i++){
+          if(file.charAt(i)=='\n'){
+              y+=Tile.length;
+              x=0;
+          }
+          else if(file.charAt(i)=='1'){
               map.add(new Tile(x,y));
+          }
           x+=Tile.length;
       }
-                x=0;
-                y+=Tile.length;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }