read complete file without using loop in java

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How to create a Java String from the contents of a file
Whole text file to a String in Java

Answer 1

If the file is small, you can read the whole data once:

File file = new File("a.txt");
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
byte[] data = new byte[(int) file.length()];
fis.read(data);
fis.close();

String str = new String(data, "UTF-8");