Java InputStream to String getStreamAsString(InputStream is, String encoding)

Description

Copies the contents of the given stream to a string.

License

BSD License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
is	the stream to copy to a string
encoding	the character encoding of the input stream

Exception

Parameter	Description
FileNotFoundException	an exception
IOException	an exception

Return

contents of the stream as a string

Declaration

public static String getStreamAsString(InputStream is, String encoding)
        throws FileNotFoundException, IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//ww w .  j  a  v  a2 s.c om
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import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    protected static final int BLKSIZE = 8192;

    /**
     * Copies the contents of the given stream to a string.
     * @param is the stream to copy to a string
     * @param encoding the character encoding of the input stream
     * @return contents of the stream as a string
     * @throws FileNotFoundException
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String getStreamAsString(InputStream is, String encoding)
            throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
        Reader r = null;
        if (encoding == null) {
            r = new InputStreamReader(is);
        } else {
            r = new InputStreamReader(is, encoding);
        }
        try {
            StringWriter w = new StringWriter();
            char[] buffer = new char[BLKSIZE];

            int len;
            while ((len = r.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                w.write(buffer, 0, len);
            }

            return w.toString();
        } finally {
            r.close();
        }
    }
}

Related

1. getInputStreamContent(InputStream inputStream)
2. getInputStreamContents(InputStream inputStream)
3. getInputStreamContents(InputStream inputStream)
4. getStreamAsString(final InputStream stream)
5. getStreamAsString(InputStream input, String charset)
6. getStreamAsString(InputStream stream)
7. getStreamAsString(InputStream stream, String charset)
8. getStreamContent(InputStream is)
9. getStreamContent(InputStream stream, int bufferSize)