Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { public static String readFileByLines(File file) { String string = ""; //$NON-NLS-1$ BufferedReader reader = null; try { reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(file), "UTF-8")); //$NON-NLS-1$ String tempString = null; while ((tempString = reader.readLine()) != null) { string += tempString; } reader.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { if (reader != null) { try { reader.close(); } catch (IOException e1) { } } } return string; } }