#region License and Copyright
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Dotnet Commons IO
*
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
* for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this library; if not, write to the
*
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 59 Temple Place,
* Suite 330,
* Boston,
* MA 02111-1307
* USA
*
* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
///
///
/// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
///
/// File-related methods
/// There are methods to
///
/// - copy a file to another file,
/// - compare the content of 2 files,
/// - delete files using the wildcard character,
/// - etc
///
///
///
public sealed class FileUtils
{
/// ---------------------------------------------------------------
///
/// Read the content of the text file.
///
/// Full path (directory + filename) of file to read
/// content in string
/// ---------------------------------------------------------------
public static string ReadTextFile(string path)
{
string content = "";
FileStream stream = null;
StreamReader reader = null;
FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(path);
if (!fi.Exists)
throw new FileNotFoundException(string.Format("The file '{0}' does not exists", path));
try
{
stream = fi.OpenRead();
reader = new StreamReader(stream);
content = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
finally
{
if (stream != null)
{
stream.Close();
}
if (reader != null)
{
reader.Close();
}
}
return content;
}
}
}