Here you can find the source of readFile(File f)
public static byte[] readFile(File f) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w. ja v a 2 s .co m * jaspex-mls: a Java Software Speculative Parallelization Framework * Copyright (C) 2015 Ivo Anjo <ivo.anjo@ist.utl.pt> * * This file is part of jaspex-mls. * * jaspex-mls 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. * * jaspex-mls 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 jaspex-mls. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.*; public class Main { public static byte[] readFile(File f) throws IOException { FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(f); byte[] fileBytes = readStream(input, true); return fileBytes; } public static byte[] readStream(InputStream in, boolean closeStream) throws IOException { ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(in.available()); copy(in, out, closeStream); return out.toByteArray(); } public static byte[] readStream(InputStream in) throws IOException { return readStream(in, false); } public static void copy(InputStream in, OutputStream out, boolean closeInputStream) throws IOException { byte[] buffer = new byte[4096]; int len = 0; while ((len = in.read(buffer)) >= 0) { out.write(buffer, 0, len); } out.flush(); } public static void copy(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException { copy(in, out, false); } }