Why no simple method for reading text files

Question

I'd like to know, after all this time why there is no simple method of reading ext files into a string.
Yes, yes, I know all about buffered readers, (it took me long enough to figure them out) but they are cumbersome and seem to change every release (how many file methods have been deprecated...)
Here's what I'm looking for:
file.open();
file.read(String);
file.close();
No single character at a time, no loop - the whole file into a single string in one shot. If buffers are used, i want it hidden.
Perl, PHP, VB, C# all have this. Even Java has it when you write to a file.
So why not on read?
Yes, buffered streams are very elegant, but for what most programmers want to do, they are overkill and annoying.

Answer 1

Just Dennis Ritchie's little joke.
Do you have a better reason for wanting the feature
other than that some other languages have it?Yes. It would save me time and help dozens of new programmers who continually ask this question in this and other forums. It is in other languages because people use it and want it - clearly Jarkata saw the need. If you don't like the idea, then I won't argue the point. We agree to disagree.
Also did you have an answer for my question?in java.io.file you can do the following: (i've used it, it works) Granted, you still have to use the buffered output streams, which in my opinion should be abstracted for a simple text read and write.
BufferedWriter outputStream = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(fileNewPath));
outputStream.write(fileContent);
outputStream.close();