Java File to String fileToString(final String filePath)

Description

Converts a file content to a string.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
filePath	The file path to convert.

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	If something fails.

Return

The file content.

Declaration

public static String fileToString(final String filePath) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Converts a file content to a string.
     * @param filePath The file path to convert.
     * @return The file content.
     * @throws IOException If something fails.
     */
    public static String fileToString(final String filePath) throws IOException {
        byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) new File(filePath).length()];
        BufferedInputStream f = null;
        try {
            f = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filePath));
            f.read(buffer);
        } finally {
            if (f != null) {
                f.close();
            }
        }
        return new String(buffer);
    }
}

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