Help on reading from a file !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi there
the following is a method that reads lines from a file and save them to a string.
public void readFrom()
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while (true)
try
line = br.readLine();
sb.append(line);          
sb.append(NEW_LINE);
catch (IOException e)
System.out.println("Error reading data file");
if (line == null) break;
setSubject(sb.toString());
setSubject is a method to set the lines to a string. this is the output i get from reading a file,
I love apple
Jing
so much
and where
null
but how can I get rif of the null at the end? the contents are coorect.

String line;
while((line=br.readLine())!=null)
    sb.append(line);

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