Java “constant string too long” compile error. Only happens using Ant, not when using Eclipse

Question

I have a few really long strings in one class for initializing user information. When I compile in Eclipse, I don\'t get any errors or warnings, and the resulting .jar runs

Answer 1

  String theString2 = IOUtils.toString(new FileInputStream(new     
  File(rootDir + "/properties/filename.text")), "UTF-8");