com.stephenschafer.budget.api/src/main/java/com/stephenschafer/budget/Util.java

package com.stephenschafer.budget;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;

public class Util {
	public static String getResourceAsString(final String resourceName) throws IOException {
		final ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
		final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		try (final Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(
				classLoader.getResourceAsStream(resourceName))) {
			final char[] buffer = new char[0x1000];
			int charsRead = reader.read(buffer);
			while (charsRead >= 0) {
				sb.append(buffer, 0, charsRead);
				charsRead = reader.read(buffer);
			}
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}
}