IOUtils.java

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package org.glite.gridcake.utils;

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

/**
 * A set of IO utils.
 * @author csuarez
 */
public class IOUtils {

    /**
     * Converts a file content to a string.
     * @param filePath The file path to convert.
     * @return The file content.
     * @throws IOException If something fails.
     */
    public static String fileToString(final String filePath) throws IOException {
        byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) new File(filePath).length()];
        BufferedInputStream f = null;
        try {
            f = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filePath));
            f.read(buffer);
        } finally {
            if (f != null) {
                f.close();
            }
        }
        return new String(buffer);
    }
}