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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START===================================================
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Amdocs
+ * ============================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=====================================================
+ */
+package org.onap.aai.validation.test.util;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+/**
+ * Test helper methods.
+ */
+public class TestUtil {
+
+    /**
+     * Gets files, such as test data from the classpath.
+     *
+     * @param filename the name of the file
+     * @return a String with the file contents.
+     * @throws URISyntaxException
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static String getFileAsString(String filename) throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
+        // Try loading the named file directly
+        URI uri = new File(filename).toURI();
+        URL systemResource = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(filename);
+        if (systemResource != null) {
+            uri = systemResource.toURI();
+        }
+        byte[] encoded = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(uri));
+        return new String(encoded, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+}