How do I load a resource and use its contents as a string in Spring

Question

How can I load a Spring resource contents and use it to set a bean property or pass it as an argument constructor?

The resource contains free text.

Answer 1

Just read it :

    try {
        Resource resource = new ClassPathResource(fileLocationInClasspath);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(resource.getInputStream()),1024);
        StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        String line;
        while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
            stringBuilder.append(line).append('\n');
        }
        br.close();
        return stringBuilder.toString();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        LOGGER.error(e);
    }