Utils to read resource text file to String (Java)

Question

Is there any utility that helps to read a text file in the resource into a String. I suppose this is a popular requirement, but I couldn't find any utility after Googling

Answer 1

Yes, Guava provides this in the Resources class. For example:

URL url = Resources.getResource("foo.txt");

String text = Resources.toString(url, Charsets.UTF_8);