I/O / Streams :: Retrieving File Directories From A Text File?

Let's say I have a text file and in the text file exists file directories as such:

'assets/picture1.png'
'assets/picture2.png'

And so on...

How would I then read from this text file and then create those files using 'new File()'?

Here is my code:

private void getFiles() throws IOException{
files = new File[10];
Scanner scan = new Scanner(new File("files.dat"));
int count = -1;

[Code]....

It does print out those files, but it doesn't create them.