fgets

/**
   * Read the content of the given file and return it as tring.
   * 
   * @param filePath
   *          the name of the file to open.
   */
  public static String fgets(String filePath) throws java.io.IOException {
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath));
    try {
      StringBuffer fileData = new StringBuffer(1000);
      char[] buf = new char[1024];
      int numRead = 0;
 
      while ((numRead = reader.read(buf)) != -1) {
        fileData.append(buf, 0, numRead);
      }
 
      return fileData.toString();
    } finally {
      reader.close();
    }
  }