Read and return the entire contents of the supplied file in Java

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import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Arrays;
/**
 * @author Randall Hauch
 */
public class Main {

  /**
   * Read and return the entire contents of the supplied {@link File file}.
   * 
   * @param file the file containing the contents; may be null
   * @return the contents, or an empty byte array if the supplied file is null
   * @throws IOException if there is an error reading the content
   */
  public static byte[] readBytes( File file ) throws IOException {
      if (file == null) return new byte[] {};
      InputStream stream = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
      boolean error = false;
      try {
          return readBytes(stream);
      } catch (IOException e) {
          error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing stream
          throw e;
      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
          error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing stream
          throw e;
      } finally {
          try {
              stream.close();
          } catch (IOException e) {
              if (!error) throw e;
          }
      }
  }
  /**
   * Read and return the entire contents of the supplied {@link InputStream stream}. This method always closes the stream when
   * finished reading.
   * 
   * @param stream the stream to the contents; may be null
   * @return the contents, or an empty byte array if the supplied reader is null
   * @throws IOException if there is an error reading the content
   */
  public static byte[] readBytes( InputStream stream ) throws IOException {
      if (stream == null) return new byte[] {};
      byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
      ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
      boolean error = false;
      try {
          int numRead = 0;
          while ((numRead = stream.read(buffer)) > -1) {
              output.write(buffer, 0, numRead);
          }
      } catch (IOException e) {
          error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing stream
          throw e;
      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
          error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing stream
          throw e;
      } finally {
          try {
              stream.close();
          } catch (IOException e) {
              if (!error) throw e;
          }
      }
      output.flush();
      return output.toByteArray();
  }
}