Java FileReader Create readTextFile(String file)

Description

Read the file into a String.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	- the file to be read

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	- when we can't read the file

Return

String with the content of the file

Declaration

public static String readTextFile(String file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**//from   ww  w  .jav  a2s . c om
      * Read the file into a String.
      * @param file - the file to be read
      * @return String with the content of the file
      * @throws IOException - when we can't read the file
      */
    public static String readTextFile(String file) throws IOException {
        File rFile = new File(file);
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(1024);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(rFile.getPath()));

        char[] chars = new char[1];
        try {
            while ((reader.read(chars)) > -1) {
                sb.append(String.valueOf(chars));
                chars = new char[1];
            }
        } finally {
            reader.close();
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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