Java BufferedReader Read readFile(final File paramFile, final boolean paramWhitespaces)

Description

Read a file into a StringBuilder.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
paramFile	The file to read.
paramWhitespaces	Retrieve file and don't remove any whitespaces.

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	throws an IOException if any I/O operation fails.

Return

StringBuilder instance, which has the string representation of the document.

Declaration

public static StringBuilder readFile(final File paramFile, final boolean paramWhitespaces) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**//from w  w w .  ja  v  a2s  .  c o  m
     * Read a file into a StringBuilder.
     * 
     * @param paramFile
     *            The file to read.
     * @param paramWhitespaces
     *            Retrieve file and don't remove any whitespaces.
     * @return StringBuilder instance, which has the string representation of
     *         the document.
     * @throws IOException
     *             throws an IOException if any I/O operation fails.
     */
    public static StringBuilder readFile(final File paramFile, final boolean paramWhitespaces) throws IOException {
        final BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(paramFile));
        final StringBuilder sBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        for (String line = in.readLine(); line != null; line = in.readLine()) {
            if (paramWhitespaces) {
                sBuilder.append(line + "\n");
            } else {
                sBuilder.append(line.trim());
            }
        }

        // Remove last newline.
        if (paramWhitespaces) {
            sBuilder.replace(sBuilder.length() - 1, sBuilder.length(), "");
        }
        in.close();

        return sBuilder;
    }
}

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