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diff --git a/tools/idegen/src/Files.java b/tools/idegen/src/Files.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+/**
+ * File utility methods.
+ */
+class Files {
+
+    /**
+     * Reads file into a string using default encoding.
+     */
+    static String toString(File file) throws IOException {
+        char[] buffer = new char[0x1000]; // 4k
+        int read;
+        Reader in = new FileReader(file);
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        while ((read = in.read(buffer)) > -1) {
+            builder.append(buffer, 0, read);
+        }
+        in.close();
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a string to a file using default encoding.
+     */
+    static void toFile(String contents, File file) throws IOException {
+        FileWriter out = new FileWriter(file);
+        out.write(contents);
+        out.close();
+    }
+}
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