/**
* Gets the contents of the given resource as a string.
*
* @param resource name (classpath) of the resource.
* @return a String containing the contents of the stream
* @exception IOException if an error occurs.
*/
public static String resourceToString(final String resource) throws IOException {
final InputStream str = Resources.getResourceAsStream(resource);
if (str == null) {
throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find resource:" + resource);
}
final String res = FileUtils.streamToString(str);
str.close();
return res;
}
