diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/META-INF/JavaPlugin.xml b/java/java-impl/src/META-INF/JavaPlugin.xml
index 69f75a50c5f9..4909e44208ee 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/META-INF/JavaPlugin.xml
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/META-INF/JavaPlugin.xml
@@ -734,6 +734,11 @@
                      groupKey="group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids9" enabledByDefault="true" level="WARNING"
                      implementationClass="com.intellij.codeInspection.java19api.Java9CollectionFactoryInspection"
                      displayName="Immutable collection creation can be replaced with collection factory call"/>
+    <localInspection groupPath="Java,Java language level migration aids" language="JAVA" shortName="ReadWriteStringCanBeUsed"
+                     groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle"
+                     groupKey="group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids11" enabledByDefault="true" level="WARNING"
+                     implementationClass="com.intellij.codeInspection.ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspection"
+                     displayName="'Files.readString()' or 'Files.writeString()' can be used"/>
     <localInspection groupPath="Java,Java language level migration aids" language="JAVA" shortName="Java8MapForEach"
                      groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle"
                      groupKey="group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids8" enabledByDefault="true" level="WARNING"
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspection.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a91bf45e17bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.intellij.codeInspection;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.psi.*;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
+import com.siyeh.ig.callMatcher.CallMatcher;
+import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.CommentTracker;
+import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.ConstructionUtils;
+import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.ExpressionUtils;
+import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.TypeUtils;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import static com.intellij.util.ObjectUtils.tryCast;
+
+public class ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspection extends AbstractBaseJavaLocalInspectionTool {
+  private static final CallMatcher FILES_WRITE = CallMatcher.staticCall("java.nio.file.Files", "write")
+    .parameterTypes("java.nio.file.Path", "byte[]", "java.nio.file.OpenOption...");
+  private static final CallMatcher FILES_READ_ALL_BYTES = CallMatcher.staticCall("java.nio.file.Files", "readAllBytes")
+    .parameterTypes("java.nio.file.Path");
+  private static final CallMatcher STRING_GET_BYTES = CallMatcher.exactInstanceCall(CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_STRING, "getBytes")
+    .parameterTypes("java.nio.charset.Charset");
+
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  public PsiElementVisitor buildVisitor(@NotNull ProblemsHolder holder, boolean isOnTheFly) {
+    if (!PsiUtil.isLanguageLevel11OrHigher(holder.getFile())) {
+      return PsiElementVisitor.EMPTY_VISITOR;
+    }
+    return new JavaElementVisitor() {
+      @Override
+      public void visitMethodCallExpression(PsiMethodCallExpression call) {
+        if (FILES_WRITE.test(call)) {
+          PsiMethodCallExpression bytesExpression = tryCast(ExpressionUtils.resolveExpression(call.getArgumentList().getExpressions()[1]), PsiMethodCallExpression.class);
+          if (STRING_GET_BYTES.test(bytesExpression) && bytesExpression.getMethodExpression().getQualifierExpression() != null) {
+            holder.registerProblem(call, "Can be replaced with 'Files.writeString()'",
+                                   new ReplaceWithWriteStringFix());
+          }
+        } else if (FILES_READ_ALL_BYTES.test(call)) {
+          PsiExpressionList expressionList = tryCast(PsiUtil.skipParenthesizedExprUp(call.getParent()), PsiExpressionList.class);
+          if (expressionList != null) {
+            PsiNewExpression newExpression = tryCast(expressionList.getParent(), PsiNewExpression.class);
+            if (newExpression != null && newExpression.getAnonymousClass() == null &&
+                ConstructionUtils.isReferenceTo(newExpression.getClassReference(), CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_STRING)) {
+              PsiExpression[] args = expressionList.getExpressions();
+              if (args.length == 2 && PsiTreeUtil.isAncestor(args[0], call, false) &&
+                  TypeUtils.typeEquals("java.nio.charset.Charset", args[1].getType())) {
+                holder.registerProblem(newExpression, "Can be replaced with 'Files.readString()'",
+                                       new ReplaceWithReadStringFix());
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  private static class ReplaceWithReadStringFix implements LocalQuickFix {
+    @Nls(capitalization = Nls.Capitalization.Sentence)
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public String getFamilyName() {
+      return CommonQuickFixBundle.message("fix.replace.with.x", "Files.readString()");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void applyFix(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull ProblemDescriptor descriptor) {
+      PsiNewExpression newExpression = tryCast(descriptor.getStartElement(), PsiNewExpression.class);
+      if (newExpression == null) return;
+      PsiExpressionList newArgList = newExpression.getArgumentList();
+      if (newArgList == null) return;
+      PsiExpression[] newArgs = newArgList.getExpressions();
+      if (newArgs.length != 2) return;
+      PsiMethodCallExpression readCall = tryCast(PsiUtil.skipParenthesizedExprDown(newArgs[0]), PsiMethodCallExpression.class);
+      if (!FILES_READ_ALL_BYTES.test(readCall)) return;
+      PsiExpression charsetExpression = newArgs[1];
+
+      CommentTracker ct = new CommentTracker();
+      ExpressionUtils.bindCallTo(readCall, "readString");
+      if (!isUtf8Charset(charsetExpression)) {
+        readCall.getArgumentList().add(ct.markUnchanged(charsetExpression));
+      }
+      ct.replaceAndRestoreComments(newExpression, readCall);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class ReplaceWithWriteStringFix implements LocalQuickFix {
+    @Nls(capitalization = Nls.Capitalization.Sentence)
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public String getFamilyName() {
+      return CommonQuickFixBundle.message("fix.replace.with.x", "Files.writeString()");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void applyFix(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull ProblemDescriptor descriptor) {
+      PsiMethodCallExpression writeCall = tryCast(descriptor.getStartElement(), PsiMethodCallExpression.class);
+      if (!FILES_WRITE.test(writeCall)) return;
+      PsiExpressionList argumentList = writeCall.getArgumentList();
+      PsiExpression[] args = argumentList.getExpressions();
+      if (args.length < 2) return;
+      PsiExpression bytesArg = args[1];
+      PsiMethodCallExpression bytesExpression = tryCast(ExpressionUtils.resolveExpression(bytesArg), PsiMethodCallExpression.class);
+      if (!STRING_GET_BYTES.test(bytesExpression)) return;
+      PsiExpression stringExpression = PsiUtil.skipParenthesizedExprDown(bytesExpression.getMethodExpression().getQualifierExpression());
+      if (stringExpression == null) return;
+      PsiExpression charsetExpression = bytesExpression.getArgumentList().getExpressions()[0];
+
+      CommentTracker ct = new CommentTracker();
+      ExpressionUtils.bindCallTo(writeCall, "writeString");
+      if (!isUtf8Charset(charsetExpression)) {
+        argumentList.addAfter(ct.markUnchanged(charsetExpression), bytesArg);
+      }
+      PsiLocalVariable variable = ExpressionUtils.resolveLocalVariable(PsiUtil.skipParenthesizedExprDown(bytesArg));
+      ct.replaceAndRestoreComments(bytesArg, stringExpression);
+      if (variable != null) {
+        ct = new CommentTracker();
+        ct.markUnchanged(stringExpression);
+        ct.deleteAndRestoreComments(variable);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  static boolean isUtf8Charset(PsiExpression expression) {
+    PsiReferenceExpression ref = tryCast(PsiUtil.skipParenthesizedExprDown(expression), PsiReferenceExpression.class);
+    if (ref == null) return false;
+    if (!"UTF_8".equals(ref.getReferenceName())) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    PsiField target = tryCast(ref.resolve(), PsiField.class);
+    return target != null &&
+           target.getContainingClass() != null &&
+           "java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets".equals(target.getContainingClass().getQualifiedName());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/inspectionDescriptions/ReadWriteStringCanBeUsed.html b/java/java-impl/src/inspectionDescriptions/ReadWriteStringCanBeUsed.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a4e5abc0560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/inspectionDescriptions/ReadWriteStringCanBeUsed.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+Reports code fragments which could be replaced via methods <b>Files.readString</b> and <b>Files.writeString</b>
+  which were introduced in Java 11.
+<!-- tooltip end -->
+<p><small>New in 2018.3</small></p>
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/afterReadString.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/afterReadString.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4468f515eaa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/afterReadString.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// "Fix all ''Files.readString()' or 'Files.writeString()' can be used' problems in file" "true"
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class Example {
+  void testRead1() throws IOException {
+    String s = Files.readString(Paths.get("/etc/passwd"), StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1);
+  }
+
+  void testRead2() throws IOException {
+      /*3*/
+      /*4*/
+      /*8*/
+      /*9*/
+      /*1*/
+      /*2*/
+      String s = Files/*5*/./*6*/readString(/*7*/Paths.get("/etc/passwd"));
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/afterWriteString.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/afterWriteString.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60d8fc71ddd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/afterWriteString.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// "Fix all ''Files.readString()' or 'Files.writeString()' can be used' problems in file" "true"
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
+
+public class Example {
+  void test1() throws IOException {
+      /*1*/
+      /*3*/
+      /*4*/
+      /*5*/
+      Files.writeString(Paths.get("/etc/passwd"), "foo"/*2*/+"bar", StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1/*6*/, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
+  }
+
+  void test2() throws IOException {
+      /*3*/
+      /*1*/
+      /*2*/
+      Files.writeString(Paths.get("/etc/passwd"), "foo");
+  }
+
+  void test3() throws IOException {
+    Files.writeString(Paths.get("/etc/passwd"), "foo");
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/beforeReadString.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/beforeReadString.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90e441b9561a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/beforeReadString.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// "Fix all ''Files.readString()' or 'Files.writeString()' can be used' problems in file" "true"
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class Example {
+  void testRead1() throws IOException {
+    String s = new String(Files<caret>.readAllBytes(Paths.get("/etc/passwd")), StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1);
+  }
+
+  void testRead2() throws IOException {
+    String s = new /*3*/String(/*4*/Files/*5*/./*6*/readAllBytes(/*7*/Paths.get("/etc/passwd"))/*8*/, /*9*/(StandardCharsets./*1*/UTF_8/*2*/));
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/beforeWriteString.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/beforeWriteString.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aaf77767b6cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/filesReadWriteString/beforeWriteString.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// "Fix all ''Files.readString()' or 'Files.writeString()' can be used' problems in file" "true"
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
+
+public class Example {
+  void test1() throws IOException {
+    byte[] /*1*/bytes = ("foo"/*2*/+"bar")./*3*/getBytes(StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1/*4*/)/*5*/;
+    Files.write<caret>(Paths.get("/etc/passwd"), bytes/*6*/, StandardOpenOption.CREATE);
+  }
+
+  void test2() throws IOException {
+    byte[] bytes = "foo".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8/*3*/);
+    Files.write(Paths.get("/etc/passwd"), (/*1*/bytes/*2*/));
+  }
+
+  void test3() throws IOException {
+    Files.write(Paths.get("/etc/passwd"), (("foo").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspectionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspectionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..421c2895a708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspectionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.intellij.java.codeInspection;
+
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.quickFix.LightQuickFixParameterizedTestCase;
+import com.intellij.codeInspection.LocalInspectionTool;
+import com.intellij.codeInspection.ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspection;
+import com.intellij.codeInspection.java19api.Java9CollectionFactoryInspection;
+import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.Sdk;
+import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel;
+import com.intellij.testFramework.IdeaTestUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public class ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspectionTest extends LightQuickFixParameterizedTestCase {
+  @Override
+  protected LanguageLevel getDefaultLanguageLevel() {
+    return LanguageLevel.JDK_11;
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  protected LocalInspectionTool[] configureLocalInspectionTools() {
+    return new LocalInspectionTool[]{new ReadWriteStringCanBeUsedInspection()};
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected Sdk getProjectJDK() {
+    return IdeaTestUtil.getMockJdk9();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getBasePath() {
+    return "/inspection/filesReadWriteString";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/InspectionsBundle.properties b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/InspectionsBundle.properties
index e83322948176..38ec6f8ef7b2 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/InspectionsBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/InspectionsBundle.properties
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids8=Java 8
 group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids9=Java 9
 group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids5=Java 5
 group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids10=Java 10
+group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids11=Java 11
 group.names.language.level.specific.issues.and.migration.aids12=Java 12
 group.names.javabeans.issues=JavaBeans issues
 group.names.inheritance.issues=Inheritance issues