"""TextFile mixin classes."""
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Union
[docs]class TextFileReader:
"""TextFileReader mixin class."""
encoding = "utf-8"
[docs] def load_text_file(self, text_file_location: Union[Path, str]) -> str:
"""Load a text file from the file system and return it as a string.
:param text_file_location: The path to the source file.
:returns: The loaded string object.
"""
with open(text_file_location, encoding=self.encoding) as file_handle:
data = file_handle.read()
return data