File InputStream to String

This method converts InputStream to String using Java.

  InputStream inputStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/test.xml");

  public static String convertInputStreamToString(InputStream inputStream) {  
   StringBuffer strBuffer = new StringBuffer();  
   if (inputStream != null){
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
    String line = null;
    try {
     while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
      strBuffer.append(line + "\n");
     }
    } catch (IOException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
     try {
      inputStream.close();
     } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
     }
    }
   }
   return strBuffer.toString();
  }

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