Read a UTF-8 file.
Read a small UTF-8 file into a Java string.
import java.util.*;
import java.nio.file.*;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
System.out.print(Files.readString(Path.of("notes.txt"), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
}
}Expected output EXAMPLE
hello
Details
Save as Main.java. Compile with javac Main.java, then run java Main. Uses only the Java standard library; tested with OpenJDK 21.
Reads the entire file into memory. The file must exist.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · openjdk 21.0.12.1 2026-08-18 · openjdk-21-jdk-headless 21.0.12.1+1-1~24.04.4
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Unprivileged snippet process, external networking disabled, read-only root filesystem, and a fresh temporary working directory. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
javac Main.java && java Main- Container image ID
sha256:32dc2d998158b6554c99b73b533f423696a0f3e31e8cbea9db10b5eee9a2fadd- Code SHA-256
17e6eb92e6acc934ae3a89fff94cbec2c8c1689ec13f9418c8a50b5508fd15ac- Dependencies
- openjdk-21-jdk-headless 21.0.12.1+1-1~24.04.4
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
printf 'hello\n' > notes.txt
Observed standard output
hello
Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.