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+package com.messners.gitlab.api;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+
+public class Utils {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Reads the content of a Reader instance and returns it as a String.
+	 * 
+	 * @param reader
+	 * @return the content of a Reader instance as a String
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public static String getReaderContentAsString (Reader reader) throws IOException {
+		
+		int count;
+		final char[] buffer = new char[2048];
+		final StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
+		while ((count = reader.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length)) >= 0) {
+			out.append(buffer, 0, count);
+		}
+
+		return (out.toString());
+	}
+}
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