Java File to String fileToString(File f)

Description

Reads the contents of an File into a String

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
f	of type File

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	when

Return

String

Declaration

public static String fileToString(File f) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from ww w .  j a v  a  2  s  . c  om*/
 * Copyright (c) 2012. The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK
 * MISO project contacts: Robert Davey, Mario Caccamo @ TGAC
 * *********************************************************************
 *
 * This file is part of MISO.
 *
 * MISO 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 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * MISO 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 MISO.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * *********************************************************************
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads the contents of an File into a String
     *
     * @param f of type File
     * @return String
     * @throws IOException when
     */
    public static String fileToString(File f) throws IOException {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        String line;
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f));
        while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
            sb.append(line);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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