Java BufferedReader Read readFile(String path)

Description

Reads a file line after line.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	Full path of the file ('c:/webapp/data.xml' or '/var/webapp/data.xml')

Exception

Parameter	Description

Return

The content of the file.

Declaration

public static String readFile(String path) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  ww. ja  va2  s. c  o  m
 * Copyright 2007-2011 Nicolas Zozol
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads a file line after line.
     *
     * @param path Full path of the file ('c:/webapp/data.xml' or '/var/webapp/data.xml')
     * @return The content of the file.
     * @throws java.io.FileNotFoundException
     */
    public static String readFile(String path) throws IOException {

        FileReader reader = null;

        BufferedReader buffReader = null;

        StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();

        try {
            reader = new FileReader(path);
            buffReader = new BufferedReader(reader);

            String tempLine;
            while ((tempLine = buffReader.readLine()) != null) {
                text.append(tempLine).append("\n");
            }
        } finally {
            reader.close();
            buffReader.close();
        }
        return text.toString();
    }
}

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