Java Text File Load loadText(String path)

Description

Reads a whole text file into a String.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	path to file or resource

Exception

Parameter	Description

Return

contents of the file

Declaration

public static String loadText(String path) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads a whole text file into a String.
     *
     * @param path path to file or resource
     * @return contents of the file
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     */
    public static String loadText(String path) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path));

        String line;

        StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();

        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {

            text.append(line);
            text.append("\n");
        }

        return text.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. loadText(File file)
2. loadText(File file, int bufsize)
3. loadText(java.io.File f)
4. loadText(String fname)
5. loadText(String path)
6. loadTextFile(File file)
7. loadTextFile(File textFile)
8. loadTextFile(final String filePath)
9. loadTextFile(String fileFullPath)