Most efficient way to check if a file is empty in Java on Windows

Why not just use:

File file = new File("test.txt");

if (file.length() == 0) {
    // file empty
} else {
    // not empty
}

Is there something wrong with it?


This is an improvement of Saik0's answer based on Anwar Shaikh's comment that too big files (above available memory) will throw an exception:

Using Apache Commons FileUtils

private void printEmptyFileName(final File file) throws IOException {
    /*Arbitrary big-ish number that definitely is not an empty file*/
    int limit = 4096;
    if(file.length < limit && FileUtils.readFileToString(file).trim().isEmpty()) {
        System.out.println("File is empty: " + file.getName());
    }        
}

Check if the first line of file is empty:

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("path_to_some_file"));     
if (br.readLine() == null) {
    System.out.println("No errors, and file empty");
}