1 /**
 2  * ReadXml.java
 3  * @author Alexander Scheidl
 4  * 
 5  * 
 6  * Class for Reading XML File from hard disk
 7  *
 8  * tested with files form 1 kb to 36 MB, depending on Resources Java
 9  * needs for files with more than 10 MB "-Xmx256M" for more memory
10  * 
11  */
12 
13 package testxml;
14 
15 import java.io.*;
16 
17 
18 
19 public class ReadXml {
20     
21     /** XML String storage */
22     private String xmlstring =""; 
23             
24     /** Creates a new instance of ReadXml */
25     public ReadXml() {
26     }
27     
28     
29     /** 
30      * 
31      * @return Xml String
32      *
33      */
34     public String getXmlString(){
35         return this.xmlstring;
36     }       
37 
38     
39     /**
40      * Reads file with help of the BufferedReader class into a StringBuffer
41      * and returns it into an String
42      * @param s String with the path to the file
43      * @throws FileNotFoundException if file not found error is returned. please not, in the unit test expections are not covered
44      * @throws IOException for all other file access errors
45      */    
46     public void doReading(String s){
47                      
48         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
49         String line;
50         FileReader fread = null;
51         try {
52             fread = new FileReader(s);
53             BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(fread);
54             
55              while((line = in.readLine()) != null){ // read every line until end
56                 sb.append(line);      
57              }    
58                        
59         } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) { // exception handlling
60             ex.printStackTrace();
61         } catch (IOException ex) {
62             ex.printStackTrace();
63         }                   
64         
65         this.xmlstring = sb.toString(); // set instance variable xmlstring
66                 
67     }
68 }
69