Read all the content from a file as string in default encoding

  

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace Bamboo.Core.Common
{
    public class SysUtil
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// read all the content from a file as string in default encoding
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="strFilePath">source file path</param>
        /// <returns>dest string in default encoding</returns>
        public static String ReadFile(String strFilePath)
        {
            System.Text.Encoding encDefault = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(0);
            System.IO.FileStream fs = new System.IO.FileStream(strFilePath, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read, System.IO.FileShare.ReadWrite);
            System.IO.BinaryReader br = new System.IO.BinaryReader(fs);
            String strResult = null;
            try
            {
                byte[] bData = new byte[fs.Length];
                br.Read(bData, 0, bData.Length);
                strResult = encDefault.GetString(bData);
            }
            finally
            {
                br.Close();
                fs.Close();
            }
            return strResult;
        }
    }
}

1.	Demonstrates seeking to a position in a file from the end
2.	Demonstrates opening/creating a file for writing and truncating its length to 0 bytes.
3.	Writes the same string to a file and to the screen using a common method
4.	Display a text file
5.	Write to a file
6.	Copy a file
7.	Demonstrate random access
8.	Hex value Dump
9.	Read all the content from a file as byte array
10.	Gets a files' contents
11.	Gets a files' contents with MemoryStream
12.	Gets a files' contents from a Url
13.	Gets a files' contents from a Url and save to an OutputStream
14.	Gets a file's contents (Used primarily for text documents on an FTP)
15.	Gets a files' contents from an Url with NetworkCredential
16.	Read/Write File Transacted
17.	Replace String In File
18.	Append To File
19.	Write To File
20.	Writes out a string to a file.

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