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Read and return the entire contents of the supplied Reader. This method always closes the reader when finished reading.

  
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
/**
 * @author Randall Hauch
 */
public class Main {
  /**
   * Read and return the entire contents of the supplied {@link Reader}. This method always closes the reader when finished
   * reading.
   * 
   * @param reader the reader of the contents; may be null
   * @return the contents, or an empty string if the supplied reader is null
   * @throws IOException if there is an error reading the content
   */
  public static String read( Reader reader ) throws IOException {
      if (reader == null) return "";
      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
      boolean error = false;
      try {
          int numRead = 0;
          char[] buffer = new char[1024];
          while ((numRead = reader.read(buffer)) > -1) {
              sb.append(buffer, 0, numRead);
          }
      } catch (IOException e) {
          error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing reader
          throw e;
      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
          error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing reader
          throw e;
      } finally {
          try {
              reader.close();
          } catch (IOException e) {
              if (!error) throw e;
          }
      }
      return sb.toString();
  }
}

   
    
  








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