Whole text file to a String in Java

Question

Does Java has a one line instruction to read to a text file, like what C# has?

I mean, is there something equivalent to this in Java?:

String data =          


        

Answer 1

Not within the main Java libraries, but you can use Guava:

String data = Files.asCharSource(new File("path.txt"), Charsets.UTF_8).read();

Or to read lines:

List lines = Files.readLines( new File("path.txt"), Charsets.UTF_8 );

Of course I'm sure there are other 3rd party libraries which would make it similarly easy - I'm just most familiar with Guava.