Java Files.readAllBytes example

In Java, we can use Files.readAllBytes to read a file.

	byte[] content = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("app.log"));
    System.out.println(new String(content));

1. Text File

A Java example to write and read a normal text file.

package com.mkyong.calculator;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class FileExample1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Charset utf8 = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
        List<String> list = Arrays.asList("Line 1", "Line 2");
        
		// Write
        try {
            Files.write(Paths.get("app.log"), list, utf8, 
				StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
        } catch (IOException x) {
            System.err.format("IOException: %s%n", x);
        }

        // Read
        try {
            byte[] content = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("app.log"));
            System.out.println(new String(content));

            // for binary
            //System.out.println(Arrays.toString(content));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }


}

Output

Line 1
Line 2

2. Binary File

For binary format, we need to use Arrays.toString to convert it to a String.

package com.mkyong;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class FileExample2 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        byte[] bytes = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

		// Write into binary format
        try {
          
            Files.write(Paths.get("app.bin"), bytes, 
				StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);

        } catch (IOException x) {
            System.err.format("IOException: %s%n", x);
        }

        // Read
        try {
            byte[] content = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("app.bin"));
            // for binary
            System.out.println(Arrays.toString(content));
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }


}

Output

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

References

• Java – How to create and write to a file
• Java Tutorials – Reading, Writing, and Creating Files
• Files.readAllBytes JavaDocs