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+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * iomanager.cpp
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Yann Herklotz Grave <ymherklotz@gmail.com> -- MIT License
+ * See file LICENSE for more details
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include <yage/base/iomanager.h>
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace yage
+{
+
+bool IoManager::readFileToBuffer(const std::string &file_path,
+                                 std::vector<unsigned char> &buffer)
+{
+    std::ifstream file(file_path, std::ios::binary);
+    if (!file.is_open()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Could not open '" + file_path + "'");
+    }
+
+    // seek to the end
+    file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
+
+    // get the file size
+    int file_size = file.tellg();
+    file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+
+    // reduce file size by header bytes
+    file_size -= file.tellg();
+
+    buffer.resize(file_size);
+    file.read((char *)&buffer[0], file_size);
+    file.close();
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+} // namespace yage