Read and return the entire contents of the supplied Reader. This method always closes the reader when finished reading.
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
/**
* @author Randall Hauch
*/
public class Main {
/**
* Read and return the entire contents of the supplied {@link Reader}. This method always closes the reader when finished
* reading.
*
* @param reader the reader of the contents; may be null
* @return the contents, or an empty string if the supplied reader is null
* @throws IOException if there is an error reading the content
*/
public static String read( Reader reader ) throws IOException {
if (reader == null) return "";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
boolean error = false;
try {
int numRead = 0;
char[] buffer = new char[1024];
while ((numRead = reader.read(buffer)) > -1) {
sb.append(buffer, 0, numRead);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing reader
throw e;
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
error = true; // this error should be thrown, even if there is an error closing reader
throw e;
} finally {
try {
reader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
if (!error) throw e;
}
}
return sb.toString();
}
}
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