Java FileReader Create readTextfile(final String filename)

Description

Reads a text file into a string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
filename	The name of the text file.

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

The text read from the file.

Declaration

public static String readTextfile(final String filename) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads a text file into a string.
     *
     * @param file The file to read.
     * @return The text read from the file.
     *
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String readTextfile(final File file) throws IOException {
        final StringBuffer contents = new StringBuffer();

        final BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));

        final String lineSeparator = System.getProperty("line.separator");

        try {
            String line = null;

            while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {
                contents.append(line);
                contents.append(lineSeparator);
            }
        } finally {
            input.close();
        }

        return contents.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Reads a text file into a string.
     *
     * @param filename The name of the text file.
     * @return The text read from the file.
     *
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String readTextfile(final String filename) throws IOException {
        return readTextfile(new File(filename));
    }
}

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