Text File Comparator

This program will compare any two text files (which contains text only) and give the output as whether the contents of two files are same or not.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.IOException;

public class CompareTextFiles{

  public static void main(String[] arg){
  CompareTextFiles1 ctf = new CompareTextFiles1();
  ctf.compareFiles(); //calling method from the CompareTextFiles1 class to compare the two text files. 
   }  

}

class CompareTextFiles1
  {

  public void compareFiles(){
  String File1 = null;
  String File2 = null;
  try {
   File1 = getTextFile("Give the path for the first file containing text only"); // loading the first text file to compare
                        File2 = getTextFile("Give the path for the second file containing text only"); // loading the second text file to compare

   File1 = File1.replace('
', ' ');
   File1 = File1.replace('
', ' ');
   File1 = File1.replace(' ', ' ');
   File1 = File1.replace(' ', ' ');
   File2 = File2.replace('
', ' ');
   File2 = File2.replace('
', ' ');
   File2 = File2.replace(' ', ' ');
   File2 = File2.replace(' ', ' ');
   if (File1.equals(File2))
    System.out.println("The contents of two files are same.");
   else
    System.out.println("The contents of two files are different.");   
  }catch (IOException e) {
   System.err.println ("Getting IOException");
  } 
 }  


  /* Method reading the contents of a file and returning it as a string to the calling program */


  public String getTextFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
  StringBuffer buffer = null;
  FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream (fileName);
  try { 
   
   buffer = new StringBuffer();
   String next;
   while ((next = new DataInputStream(fin).readLine()) != null) {
    buffer.append(next);
    buffer.append("
");
   }
  } catch (IOException ioe) {
   throw ioe;
  } finally {
    if (fin != null)
    fin.close();
  }
  return buffer.toString();

 }

}