Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import org.apache.http.util.EncodingUtils; public class Main { public static String getStringFromTextFile(File f) { byte[] b = getBytesFromFile(f); if (b == null) return null; return EncodingUtils.getString(b, "UTF-8"); } public static byte[] getBytesFromFile(File f) { if (f == null) { return null; } FileInputStream stream = null; ByteArrayOutputStream out = null; try { stream = new FileInputStream(f); out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1024); byte[] b = new byte[1024]; int n; while ((n = stream.read(b)) != -1) out.write(b, 0, n); } catch (Exception e) { } try { if (out != null) out.close(); if (stream != null) stream.close(); } catch (Exception e) { } System.gc(); if (out == null) return null; return out.toByteArray(); } }