public static String asUTF8String ( InputStream in ) { // Precondition check Validate . notNull ( in , "Stream must be specified" ) ; StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder ( ) ; String line ; try { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader ( new InputStreamReader ( in , CHARSET_UTF8 ) ) ; while ( ( line = reader . readLine ( ) ) != null ) { buffer . append ( line ) . append ( Character . LINE_SEPARATOR ) ; } } catch ( IOException ioe ) { throw new RuntimeException ( "Error in obtaining string from " + in , ioe ) ; } finally { try { in . close ( ) ; } catch ( IOException ignore ) { if ( log . isLoggable ( Level . FINER ) ) { log . finer ( "Could not close stream due to: " + ignore . getMessage ( ) + "; ignoring" ) ; } } } return buffer . toString ( ) ; }
Obtains the contents of the specified stream as a String in UTF - 8 charset .