Read all the content from a file as byte array

   
 

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//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="SysUtil.cs" company="Pyramid Consulting">
//     Copyright (c) Pyramid Consulting. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace Bamboo.Core.Common
{
    public class SysUtil
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// read all the content from a file as byte array
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="strFilePath">source file path</param>
        /// <returns>dest byte array on succced</returns>
        public static byte[] ReadFileAsBytes(String strFilePath)
        {
            System.IO.FileStream fs = new System.IO.FileStream(strFilePath, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read, System.IO.FileShare.ReadWrite);
            System.IO.BinaryReader br = new System.IO.BinaryReader(fs);
            byte[] baResult = null;
            try
            {
                baResult = new byte[fs.Length];
                br.Read(baResult, 0, baResult.Length);
            }
            finally
            {
                br.Close();
                fs.Close();
            }
            return baResult;
        }
    }
}