Java InputStream to String inputStreamToString(final InputStream stream, final String charset)

Description

Reads an entire input stream into a string, one line at a time.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
stream	the input stream to read in
charset	the charset that the input stream is encoded in

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	if something goes wrong reading from the input stream

Return

the contents of the stream as a string

Declaration

public static String inputStreamToString(final InputStream stream, final String charset) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads an entire input stream into a string, one line at a time.
     *
     * @param stream the input stream to read in
     * @param charset the charset that the input stream is encoded in
     * @return the contents of the stream as a string
     * @throws IOException if something goes wrong reading from the input stream
     */
    public static String inputStreamToString(final InputStream stream, final String charset) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream, charset));
        StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
        for (String line = reader.readLine(); line != null; line = reader.readLine()) {
            text.append(line);
        }
        return text.toString();
    }
}

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7. inputStreamToString(InputStream in)
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