Java FileInputStream Copy copyFileToString(java.io.File f)

Description

Returns a string which contains the contents of a file.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
f	the file to be read

Return

the contents of the file(s).

Declaration

public final static String copyFileToString(java.io.File f) throws java.io.IOException 

Method Source Code

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import java.io.EOFException;

import java.io.FileInputStream;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a string which contains the contents of a file.
     *
     * @param f the file to be read
     * @return the contents of the file(s).
     */
    public final static String copyFileToString(java.io.File f) throws java.io.IOException {
        int s = (int) f.length();
        byte[] data = new byte[s];
        int len = new FileInputStream(f).read(data);
        if (len != s)
            throw new EOFException("truncated file");
        return new String(data);
    }
}

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6. copyFileToZip(final ZipOutputStream zos, final byte[] readBuffer, final File file, final int bytesInOfZip)
7. copyFileUsingFileStreams(final File source, final File dest)
8. copyFileUsingStream(File source, File dest)
9. copyFileUsingStream(String source_path, String dest_path)