Java Scanner Read readFile(String pathname)

Description

This method reads a file and returns the file content as char array.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
pathname	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
FileNotFoundException	an exception

Declaration

public static char[] readFile(String pathname) throws FileNotFoundException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    /**/* w  w w .  j  a  v a 2 s  .co m*/
     * This method reads a file and returns the file content as char array.
     * Furthermore the method do not read the line termination char '\n'.
     * 
     * @param pathname
     * @return
     * @throws FileNotFoundException 
     */
    public static char[] readFile(String pathname) throws FileNotFoundException {
        File file = new File(pathname);
        String str = "";
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(file);
        while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
            str += scanner.nextLine();
        }
        return str.toLowerCase().toCharArray();
    }
}

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5. readFile(String path)
6. readFile(String project, boolean judge)
7. readFileFully(InputStream stream)
8. readFileToList(File file)
9. readFileWithoutComments(File input)