Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import com.google.common.io.CharStreams; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static String readFileToString(final Class contextClass, final String streamIdentifier) throws IOException { InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = null; try { inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(contextClass.getResourceAsStream(streamIdentifier)); return CharStreams.toString(inputStreamReader); } catch (IOException e) { throw new IOException(); } finally { if (inputStreamReader != null) { inputStreamReader.close(); } } } }