Using a File Object

Question

I have downloaded a file from a FTP site into a File object. This file doesn't actually exist the file itself is in memory. Instead of using the renameTo() command to save the file to the hard drive I want to take the file and get its contents and store it in a string object? Im imaging this is something like a FileStream object but im not sure. Here is a snippet that I shows I have successfully downloaded the file off the FTP site and I want to get its contents ands tore it in a string besides saving to a file. Below I am saving the file to a hard drive but I do not want to do this anymore.
String currString = (String)fileListNames.get(c);
currentFile = ftps.download(currString);          
File dummy = new File(config.getConfig("billEDIDir") + currString);
fileList[c] = config.getConfig("billEDIDir") + currString;
if(dummy.exists())
     dummy.delete();
currentFile.renameTo(dummy);
Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

Im creating a Java Service in the webMethods Intergration Tool. Here is the entire class.
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IDataCursor pipelineCursor = pipeline.getCursor();
int count,currCount;
String error = "";
String status = "";
Ftps ftps = null;
File currentFile = null;
Enumeration x;
Enumeration y;
ArrayList fileListNames = new ArrayList();
try
     ftps = new Ftps("*******","********","*********");
     ftps.setDataPortRange(6100,6199);
     ftps.setPassive(true);
     ftps.connect();
     ftps.setBinary();
     ftps.setDir("outbound");
     ftps.setDir("KUED");
     count = 0;
     for (x = ftps.getNameListing(); x.hasMoreElements() ;)
          count++;
          x.nextElement();
     currCount = 0;
     for (y = ftps.getNameListing(); y.hasMoreElements() ;)
          currCount++;
          String m = (String)y.nextElement();
          fileListNames.add(currCount - 1,m.toString());     
     status = ftps.getDirListingAsString();
catch(FtpException fexp)
     error = fexp.getMessage();
     throw new ServiceException( fexp.toString() );     
catch(Exception e)
     error = e.getMessage();
     throw new ServiceException( e.toString() );     
String [] fileList = new String[count];
String [] fileContentList = new String[count];
try
     for(int c=0;c<fileListNames.size();c++)
          String currString = (String)fileListNames.get(c);
          currentFile = ftps.download(currString);          
          File dummy = new File(config.getConfig("billEDIDir") + currString);
          fileList[c] = config.getConfig("billEDIDir") + currString;
          if(dummy.exists())
               dummy.delete();
          currentFile.renameTo(dummy);
//In this string list store the contents of each file downloaded.
          fileContentList[c] = "";
          ftps.disconnect();
catch(Exception e)
     error = e.getMessage();
     throw new ServiceException( e.toString() );     
IDataUtil.put( pipelineCursor, "status", status );
IDataUtil.put( pipelineCursor, "error", error );
IDataUtil.put( pipelineCursor, "fileList", fileList );
IDataUtil.put( pipelineCursor, "fileContentList", fileContentList );
pipelineCursor.destroy();
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