Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2012 Jerome Wagener Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.*/ import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { /** Reads the specified file into a string * @param filePath the path to the file that should be read * @return the content of the specified file as a string or an empty string if the file does not exist * @throws IOException */ public static String readFileAsString(String filePath) throws IOException { File file = new File(filePath); if (!file.exists()) { return ""; } byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) new File(filePath).length()]; BufferedInputStream bufferedInputStream = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filePath)); bufferedInputStream.read(buffer); bufferedInputStream.close(); return new String(buffer); } }