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+// Copyright Verizon Media. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
+// File utilities.
+// Author: bratseth
+
+package util
+
+import (
+    "bytes"
+    "errors"
+    "io"
+    "os"
+    "strings"
+)
+
+// Returns true if the given path exists
+func PathExists(path string) bool {
+    _, err := os.Stat(path)
+    return ! errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist)
+}
+
+// Returns true is the given path points to an existing directory
+func IsDirectory(path string) bool {
+    info, err := os.Stat(path)
+    return ! errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) && info.IsDir()
+}
+
+// Returns the content of a reader as a string
+func ReaderToString(reader io.Reader) string {
+    buffer := new(strings.Builder)
+    io.Copy(buffer, reader)
+    return buffer.String()
+}
+
+// Returns the content of a reader as a byte array
+func ReaderToBytes(reader io.Reader) []byte {
+    buffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	buffer.ReadFrom(reader)
+	return buffer.Bytes()
+}