import java.io.*;

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public class RunConversion {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            byte[] bytes = getBytesFromFile(new File("C:\\Users\\User\\Desktop\\school\\jaar3\\legacy\\week3\\conversion\\src\\inputfile.dat"));

            for (byte aByte : bytes) {
                String print = new String(new byte[] {aByte});
                System.out.println(print);
            }

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static byte[] getBytesFromFile(File file) throws IOException {
        InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);

        // Get the size of the file
        long length = file.length();

        // You cannot create an array using a long type.
        // It needs to be an int type.
        // Before converting to an int type, check
        // to ensure that file is not larger than Integer.MAX_VALUE.
        if (length > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
            // File is too large
        }

        // Create the byte array to hold the data
        byte[] bytes = new byte[(int) length];

        // Read in the bytes
        int offset = 0;
        int numRead = 0;
        while (offset < bytes.length
                && (numRead = is.read(bytes, offset, bytes.length - offset)) >= 0) {
            offset += numRead;
        }

        // Ensure all the bytes have been read in
        if (offset < bytes.length) {
            throw new IOException("Could not completely read file " + file.getName());
        }

        // Close the input stream and return bytes
        is.close();
        return bytes;
    }
}