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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * openECOMP : APP-C
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights
+ * 						reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+
+package org.openecomp.appc.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+public class StreamHelper {
+
+    /**
+     * private default constructor prevents instantiation
+     */
+    private StreamHelper() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param inputStream
+     * @return Input stream converted to string
+     */
+    public static String getStringFromInputStream(InputStream inputStream) {
+        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+        byte[] array = new byte[4096];
+
+        if (inputStream != null) {
+            try {
+                int len = inputStream.read(array);
+                while (len != -1) {
+                    buffer.append(new String(array, 0, len, Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
+                    len = inputStream.read(array);
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return buffer.toString();
+    }
+
+}