Read a text file using readLine()

import java.io.*;
 
public class ReadTextFile {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        StringBuilder contents = new StringBuilder();
 
        try {
            BufferedReader input =  new BufferedReader(new FileReader("C:\\Temp\\myFile.txt"));
            try {
                String line = null;
                while (( line = input.readLine()) != null) {
                    contents.append(line);
                    contents.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
                }
            }
            finally {
                input.close();
            }
        }
        catch (IOException ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println(contents.toString());
    }
}

import java.io.*;
 
public class ReadTextFile {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
        File testFile = new File("C:\\Temp\\myFile.txt");
        System.out.println("Contents of File:n" + fileToString(testFile));
    }
 
    static public String fileToString(File textFile) throws FileNotFoundException {
 
        // Checks if file exists
        if (!textFile.exists()) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException ("File does not exist: " + textFile);
        }
 
        StringBuilder contents = new StringBuilder();
 
        try {
            BufferedReader input =  new BufferedReader(new FileReader(textFile));
            try {
                String line = null;
                while (( line = input.readLine()) != null) {
                    contents.append(line);
                    contents.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
                }
            }
            finally {
                input.close();
            }
	}
	catch (IOException ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
	}
 
        return contents.toString();
        }
}