Java I/O How to - Read text from a file

Question

We would like to know how to read text from a file.

Answer

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    File f = new File("C:\\test.txt");
    FileReader fr = new FileReader(f);
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);

    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    String eachLine = br.readLine();

    while (eachLine != null) {
      sb.append(eachLine);
      sb.append("\n");
      eachLine = br.readLine();
    }
    System.out.println(sb.toString());
  }

}