FileUtil.java

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package com.signavio.platform.util;

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

public class FileUtil {
	
	public static StringBuffer readFile(File file) throws IOException {
		FileInputStream fin =  new FileInputStream(file);
		StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();

		String thisLine = "";
		BufferedReader myInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fin));
		
		while ((thisLine = myInput.readLine()) != null) {  
			result.append(thisLine);
			result.append("\n");
		}
		
		myInput.close();
		fin.close();
		
		return result;
	}
}