diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/role/FilePlanRoleServiceImpl.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/role/FilePlanRoleServiceImpl.java
index 687f223dec..5a873566a4 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/role/FilePlanRoleServiceImpl.java
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/role/FilePlanRoleServiceImpl.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.capability.CapabilityService;
 import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.capability.RMPermissionModel;
 import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.fileplan.FilePlanService;
 import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.model.RecordsManagementModel;
+import org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.util.FileUtils;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authority.RMAuthority;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.DuplicateChildNodeNameException;
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ public class FilePlanRoleServiceImpl implements FilePlanRoleService,
                         {
                             throw new AlfrescoRuntimeException("Could not load default bootstrap roles configuration");
                         }
-                        array = new JSONArray(convertStreamToString(is));
+                        array = new JSONArray(FileUtils.convertStreamToString(is));
                     }
                     catch (IOException ioe)
                     {
@@ -370,47 +371,6 @@ public class FilePlanRoleServiceImpl implements FilePlanRoleService,
         }, AuthenticationUtil.getSystemUserName());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Helper method to convert a stream to a string.
-     *
-     * @param is    input stream
-     * @return {@link String}   string
-     * @throws IOException
-     */
-    public String convertStreamToString(InputStream is) throws IOException
-    {
-        /*
-        * To convert the InputStream to String we use the BufferedReader.readLine()
-        * method. We iterate until the BufferedReader return null which means
-        * there's no more data to read. Each line will appended to a StringBuilder
-        * and returned as String.
-        */
-        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-
-        String line = null;
-        try
-        {
-            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
-            {
-                sb.append(line + "\n");
-            }
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                is.close();
-            }
-            catch (IOException e)
-            {
-                LOGGER.debug("Ignoring failed attempt to close stream.", e);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return sb.toString();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Helper method to check whether the current authority is a system role or not
      *
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/util/FileUtils.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/util/FileUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74a85b8fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * #%L
+ * Alfresco Records Management Module
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2018 Alfresco Software Limited
+ * %%
+ * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
+ * -
+ * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
+ * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
+ * provided under the following open source license terms:
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * -
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.util;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for working with files.
+ *
+ * @author Roxana Lucanu
+ * @since 2.7
+ */
+public class FileUtils
+{
+    /**
+     * Helper method to convert a stream to a string.
+     *
+     * @param is input stream
+     * @return {@link String}   string
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static String convertStreamToString(InputStream is) throws IOException
+    {
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, Charset.forName("UTF-8"))))
+        {
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+            String line = null;
+
+            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null)
+            {
+                sb.append(line + "\n");
+            }
+            return sb.toString();
+        }
+    }
+}