public  String file2String(File f) {
  
      StringBuffer TextBuffer = new StringBuffer();
      String desc;
      char[] chars = null;
      int c;
      FileReader in;
  
      try {
  
        in = new FileReader( f );
  
        while ( ( c = in.read() ) != -1 )
          TextBuffer.append( (char) c );
        in.close();
  
      } catch ( IOException ioe ) {
        TextBuffer.append( ioe.toString() );
      }
  
      return TextBuffer.toString();
  
    } // end file2String