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+//
+// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
+// Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
+// 2.1 of the License.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+//
+
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
+
+use error::Result;
+
+use vobject::Component;
+
+pub fn read_to_string<A: AsRef<Path> + Debug>(pb: A) -> Result<String> {
+    let mut cont = String::new();
+
+    let mut file = File::open(pb.as_ref())?;
+    let bytes = file.read_to_string(&mut cont)?;
+
+    debug!("Read {} bytes from {:?}", bytes, pb);
+
+    Ok(cont)
+}
+
+/// Helper for chaining results nicely
+pub fn parse(buf: String) -> Result<Component> {
+    use vobject::parse_component;
+    parse_component(&buf).map_err(From::from)
+}
+