[Java] Reading a File Content

Sample code to read a file content.

public static String read(String absoluteFilePath){

InputStream inputStream = null; 

    InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = null;

    BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;    

String  record = null;

StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

try{

inputStream = new FileInputStream(absoluteFilePath);

inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream);

//Open input stream test.txt for reading purpose.

bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader);

while ((record = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {

stringBuilder.append(record+"\n");

}     

}catch(Exception e){

LOG.error("Problem in reading " + absoluteFilePath + " file.");

e.printStackTrace();

}

finally{

try {

bufferedReader.close();

} catch (IOException e) {

LOG.error("Problem in closing " + absoluteFilePath + " file.");

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

     

return stringBuilder.toString();

}