get String from File via BufferedReader - Java java.io

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get String from File via BufferedReader

Demo Code

/*/*from w  w  w . j a  v  a 2 s  . c  o  m*/
 * Copyright 2012 Joseph Spencer
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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 */
//package com.java2s;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        File file = new File("Main.java");
        System.out.println(getString(file));
    }

    public static String getString(File file) throws IOException {
        return new String(getChars(file));
    }

    public static char[] getChars(File file) throws IOException {
        String str;

        FileReader reader = new FileReader(file);
        BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(reader);
        String line;
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        while ((line = buffer.readLine()) != null) {
            result.append(line).append("\n");
        }
        str = result.toString();
        buffer.close();
        reader.close();

        return str.toCharArray();
    }
}

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