Converting an abstract File to String in Java

Question

How would I go about converting an abstract File path (of File type) into a String type?

Answer 1

File.getPath() will give you the path as a String.

Edit:

The modern way to get the contents of the file as a String is Files.readString(path, charset), introduced in Java 11.

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If you want the contents of the file, use either of

• IOUtils.toString(InputStream,Charset) from Apache Commons-IO
• Files.toString(File,Charset) from Google Guava.