Java Text File Read by Encoding readFileAsString(File file, String encoding)

Description

read File As String

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String readFileAsString(File file, String encoding) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class Main {
    public static final String NEW_LINE_CHARACTER = System.getProperty("line.separator");

    public static String readFileAsString(String file) {
        return readFileAsString(new File(file), "UTF8");
    }/*from www  .  j  a  va  2  s . com*/

    public static String readFileAsString(File file) {
        return readFileAsString(file, "UTF8");
    }

    public static String readFileAsString(File file, String encoding) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        ArrayList<String> lines = readFile(file, encoding);
        for (String line : lines) {
            sb.append(line).append(NEW_LINE_CHARACTER);
        }
        return new String(sb);
    }

    public static ArrayList<String> readFile(File file) {
        return readFile(file, "UTF8");
    }

    public static ArrayList<String> readFile(File file, String encoding) {
        ArrayList<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>(50);
        if (!file.exists()) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to find File " + file + " bye");
        } //if
        String line;
        boolean end = false;
        try {
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(file), encoding));
            while (!end) {
                line = br.readLine();
                if (line == null) {
                    end = true;
                } else {
                    lines.add(line);
                }
            } //while
            br.close();
        } //try
        catch (IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println("Unable to open file");
            System.exit(-1);
        }
        return lines;
    }
}

Related

1. readFileAsString(File file, String encoding)
2. readTextFile(File f, String fileEncoding)
3. readTextFile(File file, String encoding)
4. readTextFile(File file, String encoding)