Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static String getStringFromFile(String filePath) throws Exception { File fl = new File(filePath); FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(fl); String ret = convertStreamToString(fin); // Make sure you close all streams. fin.close(); return ret; } public static String convertStreamToString(InputStream is) throws Exception { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is)); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); String line = null; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { sb.append(line).append("\n"); } reader.close(); return sb.toString(); } }