How do I read a text file?

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The code shown below is an example how to read a text file. This program will read a file called test.txt and shown its content.

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

public class ReadTextFileExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        File file = new File("test.txt");
        StringBuffer contents = new StringBuffer();
        BufferedReader reader = null;

        try {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
            String text = null;

            // repeat until all lines is read
            while ((text = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                contents.append(text)
                    .append(System.getProperty(
                        "line.separator"));
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
                if (reader != null) {
                    reader.close();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        
        // show file contents here
        System.out.println(contents.toString());
    }
}
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