Changeset 30701 for main/trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/util/Utility.java

Timestamp:

2016-08-12T19:47:27+12:00 (8 years ago)

Author:

ak19

Message:

All the changes to get the new collectionConfig.xml Editor (ConfigFileEditor.java) to work.

File:

• main/trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/util/Utility.java (modified) (1 diff)

main/trunk/gli/src/org/greenstone/gatherer/util/Utility.java

@@ -74 +74 @@
     static final public String PERL_EXECUTABLE_WINDOWS = "Perl.exe";
 
+
+    /** 
+     * Reads in a text file and returns the contents as a String
+     */
+    static public String readFile(File file) {
+    BufferedReader fin = null;
+    StringBuffer contents = new StringBuffer();
+    
+    try {
+        fin = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
+        String line = null;
+        while((line = fin.readLine()) != null) {
+        contents.append(line);
+        contents.append("\n");
+        }
+    } catch(IOException e) {
+        System.err.println("*** Could not read in file: " + file.toString());
+        System.err.println("*** Exception occurred: " + e.getMessage());
+    } finally {
+        try {
+        if(fin != null) {
+            fin.close();
+            fin = null;
+        }
+        } catch(IOException ioe) {
+        fin = null;
+        
+        }
+    }
+
+    return contents.toString();
+    }
 
     /**