[jira] [Closed] (IO-236) Add "Read" Methods With Size Limits to FileUtils

["Gary D. Gregory (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-236?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Gary D. Gregory closed IO-236.
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    Resolution: Won't Do

> Add "Read" Methods With Size Limits to FileUtils
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>
>                 Key: IO-236
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-236
>             Project: Commons IO
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Utilities
>    Affects Versions: 2.0
>         Environment: 1.4+
>            Reporter: Michael Wooten
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 3.x
>
>   Original Estimate: 6h
>  Remaining Estimate: 6h
>
> 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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