Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { /** * Read a text file * * @param file * Which is read * * @throws IOException * Input/Output exceptions * * @return contents of file */ public static String readTextFile(File file) throws IOException { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)); StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder(); String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { text.append(line); text.append("\n"); } reader.close(); return text.toString(); } }