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Code reviewMediumcr-g619
Subject Storage mmap large fileLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Storage & CDN · Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development, Technology

Question

Review this Java method that counts matching lines in a log file.

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Separate real bugs from style. Rank issues by severity, point at the root cause rather than the symptom, and suggest a concrete fix — specific and kind.

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Code to reviewjava
public long countMatches(Path logFile, String needle) throws IOException {    List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(logFile);   // multi-GB logs    long count = 0;    for (String line : lines) {        if (line.contains(needle)) {            count++;        }    }    return count;}
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