Java URL Load load(String fileOrURL)

Description

Load entire contents of a file or URL into a string.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String load(String fileOrURL) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**//from   w  ww . j  a v a  2s  . c o m
     * Load entire contents of a file or URL into a string.
     */
    public static String load(String fileOrURL) throws IOException {
        try {
            URL url = new URL(fileOrURL);

            return new String(loadURL(url));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return loadFile(fileOrURL);
        }
    }

    public static byte[] loadURL(URL url) throws IOException {
        int bufSize = 1024 * 2;
        byte[] buf = new byte[bufSize];

        ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream());
        int n;
        while ((n = in.read(buf)) > 0) {
            bout.write(buf, 0, n);
        }
        try {
            in.close();
        } catch (Exception ignored) {
        }
        return bout.toByteArray();
    }

    public static String loadFile(String fname) throws IOException {
        byte[] bytes = loadURL(new URL("file:" + fname));
        return new String(bytes, "UTF-8");
    }
}

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