Blackberry - Get file contents

GetFileContents.java

   /**
     * Method to get all bytes from a file.
     *
     * @param path
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static byte[] getFileContent(String path) throws IOException {
        FileConnection file = null;
 
        if (path.startsWith("file://"))
            path = path.substring(7);
        else if (!path.startsWith("/"))
            path = "/" + path;
 
        try {
            file = (FileConnection) Connector.open("file://" + path,
                    Connector.READ);
            int fileSize = (int) file.fileSize();
            if (fileSize > 0) {
                byte[] data = new byte[fileSize];
                InputStream input = file.openInputStream();
                input.read(data);
                Thread.yield();
                input.close();
                return data;
            } else {
                throw new NullPointerException("File " + path + " is empty.");
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw e;
        } finally {
            if (file != null && file.isOpen())
                file.close();
        }
    }