Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2010 Google Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static String readToString(File file) throws IOException { if (file == null || !file.exists()) { return null; } FileReader reader = new FileReader(file); StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder(); char[] buffer = new char[1024 * 4]; int numRead = 0; while ((numRead = reader.read(buffer)) > -1) { out.append(String.valueOf(buffer, 0, numRead)); } reader.close(); return out.toString(); } }