Loading an SQL command file via JDBC

I have a text file that contains a bunch of SQL commands. I need to execute
all of those commands via JDBC. Obviously, I could read the file in, parse
it, and execute each command one at a time. But is there a simple JDBC or
SQL command that will simplify this and automatically load an entire list of
commands?

For instance, I think the MySQL database has something like a "source"
command that might do this.

Thanks,
Tauren