Answer by user590444 for How do I create a Java string from the contents of a file?

import java.nio.file.Files;

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 String readFile(String filename) {            File f = new File(filename);            try {                byte[] bytes = Files.readAllBytes(f.toPath());                return new String(bytes,"UTF-8");            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {                e.printStackTrace();            } catch (IOException e) {                e.printStackTrace();            }            return "";    }