1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/common/test_utils.go b/common/test_utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8346c147a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/test_utils.go
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+package common
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+)
+
+// LoadJSON reads the given file and unmarshals its content.
+func LoadJSON(file string, val interface{}) error {
+	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(content, val); err != nil {
+		if syntaxerr, ok := err.(*json.SyntaxError); ok {
+			line := findLine(content, syntaxerr.Offset)
+			return fmt.Errorf("JSON syntax error at %v:%v: %v", file, line, err)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("JSON unmarshal error in %v: %v", file, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// findLine returns the line number for the given offset into data.
+func findLine(data []byte, offset int64) (line int) {
+	line = 1
+	for i, r := range string(data) {
+		if int64(i) >= offset {
+			return
+		}
+		if r == '\n' {
+			line++
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}