#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 { /// /// <summary> /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths. /// /// <h3>File-related methods</h3> /// There are methods to /// <list type="bullet"> /// <item>copy a file to another file,</item> /// <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item> /// <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item> /// <item>etc</item> /// </list> /// </summary> /// public sealed class FileUtils { /// --------------------------------------------------------------- /// <summary> /// Read the content of the text file. /// </summary> /// <param name="path">Full path (directory + filename) of file to read</param> /// <returns>content in string</returns> /// --------------------------------------------------------------- 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; } } }