draconisplusplus/include/rfl/io/load_string.hpp

#ifndef RFL_IO_LOAD_STRING_HPP_
#define RFL_IO_LOAD_STRING_HPP_

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

#include "../Result.hpp"

namespace rfl {
  namespace io {

    inline Result<std::string> load_string(const std::string& _fname) {
      std::ifstream infile(_fname);
      if (infile.is_open()) {
        auto r = std::string(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(infile),
                             std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
        infile.close();
        return r;
      } else {
        return Error("Unable to open file '" + _fname +
                     "' or file could not be found.");
      }
    }

  } // namespace io
} // namespace rfl

#endif