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String file = new Scanner( new File( "test.txt" ) ).useDelimiter( "\\Z" ).next() ;

would surely be a shorter pure java method for loading a file into a String?

bloid: cool.

for the author:
Groovy code does not have the same behavior with the Java code, you dont need the exception handling in java code, throw it away. String file =.. line is also redundant.. i love when people deliberately writes more verbose code..
Java is not a scripting language.