Brute-Force Search

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Searchers {

   public static void main(String[] args)
         throws FileNotFoundException {
      List<Integer> nums = readNumbers("nums.txt");
      System.out.println(nums.indexOf(2));
   }

   public static List<Integer> readNumbers(String filename)
         throws FileNotFoundException {
      List<Integer> numbers = new ArrayList<Integer>();
      Scanner input = new Scanner(new File(filename));
      while (input.hasNextInt()) {
         numbers.add(input.nextInt());
      }
   return numbers;
   }

}