Answer by J-J for How do I create a Java string from the contents of a file?

import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;import java.nio.file.Files;import java.nio.file.Paths;

Java 7

String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("readMe.txt")), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);

Java 11

String content = Files.readString(Paths.get("readMe.txt"));