How to search for a particular string in a text file using java?

In java how can I delete an item in the text?? using file handling techniques?

• I have a text file with Songs, followed by Artists, followed by Categories,, all stored as String arrays. How can I delete a particular element in the array. For example this is my text. Back in Black ACDC Rock Boom P.O.D. Metal American Idiot Green Day Punk I want to delete a song from the collection. American Idiot just for example. How can I do it??

• Answer:

  You cannot delete elements from an array in Java. If you need a more flexible container for data, consider using an array list: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/collections/index.html http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html