Java Text File Read by Encoding readTextFile(File f, String fileEncoding)

Description

Reads the file and returns the content as a String

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
f	the file to read

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

The content read

Declaration

public static String readTextFile(File f, String fileEncoding) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  www. j a v a 2  s. c o  m
 * Copyright 
 *   2005 axYus - www.axyus.com
 *   2005 C.Marchand - christophe.marchand@axyus.com
 * 
 * This file is part of XEMELIOS.
 * 
 * XEMELIOS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * XEMELIOS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with XEMELIOS; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads the file and returns the content as a String
     * @param f the file to read
     * @return The content read
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String readTextFile(File f, String fileEncoding) throws IOException {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(f), fileEncoding);
        char[] buf = new char[255];
        int read = isr.read(buf);
        while (read > 0) {
            sb.append(buf, 0, read);
            read = isr.read(buf);
        }
        isr.close();
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. readFileAsString(File file, String encoding)
2. readFileAsString(File file, String encoding)
3. readTextFile(File file, String encoding)
4. readTextFile(File file, String encoding)
5. readTextFile(File path, String encoding)
6. readTextFile(InputStream in, String encoding)