Java FileReader Create readTextFile(String fullPathFilename)

Description

Method readTextFile.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
fullPathFilename	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

String

Declaration

public static String readTextFile(String fullPathFilename) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* www . j a  v a 2s  .  c  o m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2011 NATSRL @ UMD (University Minnesota Duluth, US) and
 * Software and System Laboratory @ KNU (Kangwon National University, Korea) 
 *
 * 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Method readTextFile. Uses a FileReader to populate a buffer of chars. 
     * The chars are appended to a StringBuffer and returned as a String to the caller. 
     * The FileReader uses the default file encoding scheme for the OS.
     * @param fullPathFilename
     * @return String
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String readTextFile(String fullPathFilename) throws IOException {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(1024);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fullPathFilename));

        char[] chars = new char[1024];
        int numRead = 0;
        while ((numRead = reader.read(chars)) > -1) {
            sb.append(String.valueOf(chars, 0, numRead));
        }

        reader.close();

        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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6. readTextFile(String path)
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