Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.URL; public class Main { public static String readTextFile(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException { File file = new File(fileName); FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file); byte buf[] = new byte[(int) file.length()]; in.read(buf); return new String(buf); } public static String readTextFile(URL url) throws IOException { if (url == null) return ""; BufferedInputStream bis = null; StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); try { bis = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream()); byte buff[] = new byte[2048]; int bytesRead; while (-1 != (bytesRead = bis.read(buff, 0, buff.length))) sb.append(new String(buff, 0, bytesRead)); } catch (IOException e) { throw e; } return sb.toString(); } }