public static String readToString(String fileName) { String encoding = "UTF-8"; File file = new File(fileName); Long filelength = file.length(); byte[] filecontent = new byte[filelength.intValue()]; try { FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file); in.read(filecontent); in.close(); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } try { return new String(filecontent, encoding); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { System.err.println("The OS does not support " + encoding); e.printStackTrace(); return null; } }