Java Text File Read fileContentsToString(File errFile)

Description

Utility method to read in contents of file and concatenate into String

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
errFile	File to be read

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

String containing contents of file

Declaration

public static String fileContentsToString(File errFile) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**//from   w w  w . j  a v  a2s.co  m
     * Utility method to read in contents of file and concatenate into String
     * @param errFile File to be read
     * @return String containing contents of file
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String fileContentsToString(File errFile) throws IOException {
        String errFileString = null;
        BufferedReader br = null;
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(errFile));
        String errLine = br.readLine();
        while (errLine != null) {
            sb.append(errLine);
            errLine = br.readLine();
        }
        errFileString = sb.toString();
        return errFileString;
    }
}

Related

1. fileAsString(File file)
2. fileAsString(String fileName)
3. fileAsString(String filePath)
4. fileContentsToString(String file)
5. getChars(File file)
6. getChars(Reader r)
7. getFileContentAsString(File cpfile)