The following sample code is in ArrayList format……. How would you write this code in basic Array format?

BufferedReader inputNames = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("input_file_names.txt"));

int numFiles = Integer.parseInt(inputNames.readLine());

List inputFiles = new ArrayList<>();

for (int i = 0; i < numFiles; i++)

{

inputFiles.add(inputNames.readLine());

}