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/**
 * Simple util class to contain methods commonly used accross Java files
 */
package Compiler;

import java.io.*;

public class Utils {
    // Adapted from here for now
    // https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/different-ways-reading-text-file-java/

    public static String readFile(String path) throws Exception{

        File file = new File(path);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));

        // Stringbuilder is mutable
        StringBuilder readFile = new StringBuilder();

        String line;
        while ((line = br.readLine()) != null)
            //System.out.println(line);
            readFile = readFile.append(line + "\n");
        br.close();
        return readFile.toString();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String currentPath = new java.io.File(".").getCanonicalPath();
        System.out.println("Current dir:" + currentPath);

        String helpfile = readFile("Compiler/helpfile.txt");
        System.out.println(helpfile);

    }


}