Java Dump File dumpFile(String filename)

Description

Dump a file content to an array of bytes.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
filename	The name of the file to be dumped.

Declaration

public static byte[] dumpFile(String filename) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   ww w .ja  va  2  s. c om
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
     
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
     
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
     
Copyright (C) 2005 Marco Aurelio Graciotto Silva <magsilva@gmail.com>
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Dump a file content to an array of bytes.
     * 
     * @param filename
     *            The name of the file to be dumped.
     */
    public static byte[] dumpFile(String filename) throws IOException {
        return dumpFile(new File(filename));
    }

    /**
     * Dump a file content to an array of bytes.
     * 
     * @param file
     *            The file to be dumped.
     */
    public static byte[] dumpFile(File file) throws IOException {
        FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(file);
        byte[] data = new byte[(int) file.length()];
        stream.read(data, 0, (int) file.length());
        stream.close();
        return data;
    }
}

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