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.gitignore

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+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+out/
+!**/src/main/**/out/
+!**/src/test/**/out/
+.idea/
+
+### Eclipse ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+bin/
+!**/src/main/**/bin/
+!**/src/test/**/bin/
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### Mac OS ###
+.DS_Store
+
+### AoC ###
+in/

AoC_2024_java.iml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>

src/Input.java

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+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+/**
+ * @author Eoghan Conlon
+ * This class is a base class for my Advent of Code in Java, it will be extended by the full projects.
+ */
+public class Input {
+
+    /// String arrays generated from the files
+    private ArrayList<String> sample_input;
+    private ArrayList<String> actual_input;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param filePath Path to the folder where the files for the elevent days are located
+     * @return Exit Code - (0 if successful, non-zreo if fail)
+     */
+    protected int init(String filePath) throws IOException {
+        // Adding the sample txt file and input txt files to the file path
+        Path samplePath = Path.of(filePath + "/sample.txt");
+        Path actualPath = Path.of(filePath + "/input.txt");
+
+        this.sample_input = new ArrayList<>();
+        this.actual_input = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        // Opening the files
+        try(Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(samplePath)){
+            lines.forEach(s -> sample_input.add(s));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        try(Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(actualPath)){
+            lines.forEach(s -> actual_input.add(s));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    protected ArrayList<String> getSample_input(){
+        return sample_input;
+    }
+
+    protected ArrayList<String> getInput(){
+        return actual_input;
+    }
+}