java io读取文件到String

public static String loadAFileToStringDE1(File f) throws IOException {  
        long beginTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        InputStream is = null;
        String ret = null;
        try {
            is = new BufferedInputStream( new FileInputStream(f) );
            long contentLength = f.length();
            ByteArrayOutputStream outstream = new ByteArrayOutputStream( contentLength > 0 ? (int) contentLength : 1024);
            byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
            int len;
            while ((len = is.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                outstream.write(buffer, 0, len);
            }            
            outstream.close();
            ret = outstream.toString();
            //byte[] ba = outstream.toByteArray();
            //ret = new String(ba);
        } finally {
            if(is!=null) {try{is.close();} catch(Exception e){} }
        }
        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        System.out.println("方法1用时"+ (endTime-beginTime) + "ms");
        return ret;        
    }

 

 

public static String loadAFileToStringDE2(File f) throws IOException {  
        long beginTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        InputStream is = null;
        String ret = null;
        try {
            is =  new FileInputStream(f) ;
            long contentLength = f.length();
            byte[] ba = new byte[(int)contentLength];
            is.read(ba);
            ret = new String(ba);
        } finally {
            if(is!=null) {try{is.close();} catch(Exception e){} }
        }
        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        System.out.println("方法2用时"+ (endTime-beginTime) + "ms");
        return ret;        
    }

 

public static String loadAFileToStringDE3(File f) throws IOException {
        long beginTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        BufferedReader br = null;
        String ret = null;
        try {
            br =  new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f));
            String line = null;
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer((int)f.length());
            while( (line = br.readLine() ) != null ) {
                sb.append(line).append(LINE_BREAK);
            }
            ret = sb.toString();
        } finally {
            if(br!=null) {try{br.close();} catch(Exception e){} }
        }
        long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        System.out.println("方法3用时"+ (endTime-beginTime) + "ms");
        return ret;        
    }

   

3个方法去读取一个大于50M的文件，当不设置jvm参数时都OutofMemery，当设置-Xmx128M时。只有方法3 可以通过，设置到-Xmx256M时也只有方法3可以通过，干脆设置512M，都可以了，运行时间如果正常的话一般都在4～5S