Java InputStreamReader Read readFileFromResource(@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") Class refClass, String filePath)

Description

Read a file from a resource rather than from a file

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
filePath	name of file to open. The file can reside anywhere in the classpath

Declaration

public static String readFileFromResource(@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") Class refClass, String filePath)
        throws java.io.IOException 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w  w w  .java  2  s.c o m*/
     * Read a file from a resource rather than from a file
     *
     * @param filePath      name of file to open. The file can reside
     *                      anywhere in the classpath
     */
    public static String readFileFromResource(@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") Class refClass, String filePath)
            throws java.io.IOException {
        StringBuffer fileData = new StringBuffer(1000);

        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(refClass.getResourceAsStream(filePath)));
        char[] buf = new char[1024];
        int numRead = 0;
        while ((numRead = reader.read(buf)) != -1) {
            String readData = String.valueOf(buf, 0, numRead);
            fileData.append(readData);
            buf = new char[1024];
        }
        reader.close();
        return fileData.toString();
    }
}

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2. readFileData(File file)
3. readFileData(String directoryLocation, String fileName)
4. readFileFromClassPath(String file)
5. readFileFromDisk(String filepath)
6. readFileFromResource(String filename)
7. readFileIntoLines(File file)
8. readFileIntoLinesOfLongs(File file)
9. readFileLineByLine(final File filePath)