Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.DataInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; public class Main { public static String readToEnd(InputStream input) throws IOException { return new String(readToEndAsArray(input)); } public static byte[] readToEndAsArray(InputStream input) throws IOException { DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(input); byte[] stuff = new byte[1024]; ByteArrayOutputStream buff = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); int read = 0; while ((read = dis.read(stuff)) != -1) { buff.write(stuff, 0, read); } dis.close(); return buff.toByteArray(); } }