Java File to String fileToString(File file)

Description

Reads a given file and stores its contents into a String

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static String fileToString(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**/*from  ww  w  .ja v a  2 s  .  c o  m*/
     * Reads a given file and stores its contents into a String
     * @param file
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String fileToString(File file) throws IOException {
        FileReader fr = new FileReader(file);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);

        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();

        String line = br.readLine();

        while (line != null) {
            result.append(line + "\n");
            line = br.readLine();
        }

        fr.close();
        br.close();
        return result.toString();
    }
}

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