load file as string java

1public String readFile(String filePath) {
2    String result = "";
3    try {
4        result = Files.readString(Paths.get(filePath));
5    } catch (IOException e) {
6        e.printStackTrace();
7    }
8    return result;
9}

1public static String loadFileAsString(String path) {
2  InputStream stream = YourClassName.class.getResourceAsStream(path);
3  try {
4    String result = new String(stream.readAllBytes());
5    return result;
6  } catch (IOException e) {
7    e.printStackTrace();
8    return null;
9  }
10}
11

1import java.io.IOException;
2import java.nio.file.Files;
3import java.nio.file.Paths;
4 
5public class ReadFileToString 
6{
7    public static void main(String[] args) 
8    {
9        String filePath = "c:/temp/data.txt";
10 
11        System.out.println( readAllBytesJava7( filePath ) );
12    }
13 
14    //Read file content into string with - Files.readAllBytes(Path path)
15 
16    private static String readAllBytesJava7(String filePath) 
17    {
18        String content = "";
19 
20        try
21        {
22            content = new String ( Files.readAllBytes( Paths.get(filePath) ) );
23        } 
24        catch (IOException e) 
25        {
26            e.printStackTrace();
27        }
28 
29        return content;
30    }
31}
32