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 you are using Java 5/6, you can use Apache Commons IO for read file to string. The class org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils contais several method for read files.

e.g. using the method FileUtils#readFileToString:

File file = new File("abc.txt");
String content = FileUtils.readFileToString(file);