Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; public class Main { private static String DEFAULT_ENCODE = "UTF-8"; public static String generateString(InputStream stream, String encoding) { InputStreamReader reader = null; BufferedReader br = null; try { if (encoding == null) { encoding = DEFAULT_ENCODE; } reader = new InputStreamReader(stream, encoding); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) { reader = new InputStreamReader(stream); } br = new BufferedReader(reader); StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); try { String line; while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) { sb.append(line + "\r\n"); } } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { stream.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } if (reader != null) { try { reader.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } return sb.toString(); } }