Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static String readStreamToString(InputStream in, String encoding) throws IOException { StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(); InputStreamReader r = new InputStreamReader(in, encoding); int c; while ((c = r.read()) != -1) { b.append((char) c); } return b.toString(); } }