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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Francis Deslauriers <francis.deslauriers@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+#ifndef BABELTRACE_CPP_COMMON_FILE_UTILS_HPP
+#define BABELTRACE_CPP_COMMON_FILE_UTILS_HPP
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace bt2c {
+
+/*
+ * Returns a vector of all the bytes contained in `path`.
+ */
+std::vector<std::uint8_t> dataFromFile(const char *path);
+
+} /* namespace bt2c */
+
+#endif /* BABELTRACE_CPP_COMMON_FILE_UTILS_HPP */