Java Folder Read getFileString(File file)

Description

get File String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String getFileString(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*    //from   w w w. j  av  a2  s  .c  o  m
 * traffic-light-program uses evolutionary computing to control traffic lights
 * Copyright (C) 2011  Pedro Henrique Oliveira dos Santos
 *
 * 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.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static String getFileString(File file) {
        StringBuffer contents = new StringBuffer();
        BufferedReader reader = null;
        try {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
            String text = null;

            // repeat until all lines is read
            while ((text = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                contents.append(text).append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } finally {
            try {
                if (reader != null) {
                    reader.close();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new RuntimeException(e);
            }
        }
        return contents.toString();
    }
}

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6. getFileString(String filePath)
7. getFileStringContent(String filename)
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