Reading into a buffer using read() rather than readline() is a little 
more efficient and a bit cleaner IMO. E.g.


	char[] charbuf = new char[BUF_SIZE];

	for (int i = clobReader.read(charbuf); i > 0; i = 
clobReader.read(charbuf)) {
		sb.append(charbuf, 0, i);
	}