Description
I suggest adding versions of the utility methods for reading lines and Strings from a file that also accept a limit on the number of bytes or lines that should be read. I propose that the following methods be added:
String readFileToString(File file, long byteCountToRead)
String readFileToString(File file, String encoding, long byteCountToRead)
byte[] readFileToByteArray(File file, long byteCountToRead)
byte[] readFileToByteArray(File file, String encoding, long byteCountToRead)
List<String> readLines(File file, long lineCountToRead)
List<String> readLines(File file, String encoding, long lineCountToRead)
One of the drawbacks I have encountered to using the methods in the past is that I only needed to read a limited number of bytes or lines from a file and I had to read the entire file. This can be especially dangerous if run on a file that is quite large, and only a portion of the file is needed.
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IO-197 BoundedInputStream
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- Closed
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