Package de.stefanfrings.utils

Class TextReader

java.lang.Object

de.stefanfrings.utils.TextReader

public class TextReader
extends Object

Read content from local or remote text files into a String.

Author:

Stefan Frings, http://stefanfrings.de/javautils

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TextReader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	readText(CombinedURL url, int connTimeout, int readTimeout, String defaultEncoding)	Read text from an URL into a String.
static String	readText(File file, String encoding)	Read text from a File into a String and then close the connection.
static String	readText(InputStream is, String encoding)	Read text from an InputStream into a String and then close the connection.
static String	readText(URLConnection con, String defaultEncoding)	Read text from an URLConnection into a String and then close the connection.
static String	readText(URL url, String defaultEncoding)	Read text from a local URL into a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

TextReader

public TextReader()

Method Details

readText

public static String readText(URLConnection con,
 String defaultEncoding)
                       throws IOException

Read text from an URLConnection into a String and then close the connection.

Parameters:

con - An open URLConnection

defaultEncoding - Expected encoding, used if the protocol if the connection does not provide this information.

Returns:

The text document

Throws:

IOException - In case of an I/O error.

readText

public static String readText(URL url,
 String defaultEncoding)
                       throws IOException

Read text from a local URL into a String. To read from a remote URL, use readText(CombinedURL url, int connTimeout, int readTimeout, String encoding) instead.

Parameters:

url - Source URL

defaultEncoding - Expected encoding, used if the connection does not provide this information.

Returns:

The text document

Throws:

IOException - In case of an I/O error.

readText

public static String readText(CombinedURL url,
 int connTimeout,
 int readTimeout,
 String defaultEncoding)
                       throws IOException

Read text from an URL into a String.

Parameters:

url - Source URL

connTimeout - Timeout connectng to the server

readTimeout - Timeout reading the from the server

defaultEncoding - Expected encoding, used if the connection does not provide this information.

Returns:

The text document

Throws:

IOException - In case of an I/O error.

readText

public static String readText(File file,
 String encoding)
                       throws IOException

Read text from a File into a String and then close the connection.

Parameters:

file - The source file

encoding - Encoding of the file, null is allowed to use the default

Returns:

The text document

Throws:

IOException - In case of an I/O error.

readText

public static String readText(InputStream is,
 String encoding)
                       throws IOException

Read text from an InputStream into a String and then close the connection.

Parameters:

is - The source input stream

encoding - Encoding of the file, null is allowed to use the default

Returns:

The text document

Throws:

IOException - In case of an I/O error.