Java FileReader Create readTextFile(File f)

Description

read Text File

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String readTextFile(File f) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//ww w  .  j  a v  a  2s. c  o m
 Bandika  - A Java based modular Content Management System
 Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Michael Roennau
    
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static String readTextFile(String path) {
        File f = new File(path);
        return readTextFile(f);
    }

    public static String readTextFile(File f) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            if (!f.exists()) {
                return "";
            }
            FileReader reader = new FileReader(f);
            char[] chars = new char[4096];
            int len = 4096;
            while (len > 0) {
                len = reader.read(chars, 0, 4096);
                if (len > 0) {
                    sb.append(chars, 0, len);
                }
            }
            reader.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return "";
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. getFileReader(String fileName)
2. getFileReader(String filePath)
3. getFileReader(String sFileName)
4. getReader(final File file)
5. readTextFile(File aFile)
6. readTextFile(File f)
7. readTextFile(File file)
8. readTextFile(File file)
9. readTextFile(File file)