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src/lib.rs

@@ -6,24 +6,41 @@ use std::io::{Read, Write};
 /// Read a file into `Vec<u8>` from the given path.
 /// The path can be a string or a `Path`.
 pub fn get<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    let mut file = try!(File::open(path));
+    let mut file = File::open(path)?;
     let mut data = Vec::new();
     if let Ok(meta) = file.metadata() {
         data.reserve(meta.len() as usize); // Safe to truncate, since it's only a suggestion
     }
-    try!(file.read_to_end(&mut data));
+    file.read_to_end(&mut data)?;
     Ok(data)
 }
 
 /// Creates a file at the given path with contents of `Vec<u8>` or `&[u8]`, etc.
 /// Overwrites, non-atomically, if the file exists.
 /// The path can be a string or a `Path`.
 pub fn put<P: AsRef<Path>, Bytes: AsRef<[u8]>>(path: P, data: Bytes) -> io::Result<()> {
-    let mut file = try!(File::create(path));
-    try!(file.write_all(data.as_ref()));
+    let mut file = File::create(path)?;
+    file.write_all(data.as_ref())?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Read an UTF-8 encoded file into `String` from the given path.
+/// The path can be a string or a `Path`.
+pub fn get_text<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<String> {
+    let bytes = get(path)?;
+    String::from_utf8(bytes).map_err(|_| {
+        io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, "file did not contain valid UTF-8")
+    })
+}
+
+/// Creates a file at the given path with given text contents, encoded as UTF-8.
+/// Overwrites, non-atomically, if the file exists.
+/// The path can be a string or a `Path`.
+pub fn put_text<P: AsRef<Path>, S: AsRef<str>>(path: P, data: S) -> io::Result<()> {
+    put(path, data.as_ref().as_bytes())
+}
+
+
 #[test]
 fn it_works() {
     let s = String::from_utf8(get(file!()).unwrap()).unwrap();
@@ -44,3 +61,25 @@ fn it_works() {
 
     std::fs::remove_file(tmp_name).ok();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn it_works_with_text() {
+    let s = String::from_utf8(get(file!()).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert!(s.contains("it_works()"));
+
+    let mut tmp_name = std::env::temp_dir();
+    tmp_name.push("hello");
+
+    put(&tmp_name, [0x80]).unwrap();
+    if let Err(e) = get_text(&tmp_name) {
+        assert_eq!(e.kind(), io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
+    } else {
+        panic!("Should error on invalid UTF-8")
+    }
+
+    let text = "Hello, World!";
+    put_text(&tmp_name, text).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(text, get_text(&tmp_name).unwrap());
+
+    std::fs::remove_file(tmp_name).ok();
+}