1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/testutil/Scratch.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/testutil/Scratch.java
index 7179b37258..6004661321 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/testutil/Scratch.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/testutil/Scratch.java
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 
 package com.google.devtools.build.lib.testutil;
 
+import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.util.BlazeClock;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.FileSystem;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.FileSystemUtils;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.Path;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.PathFragment;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.vfs.inmemoryfs.InMemoryFileSystem;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ public final class Scratch {
     return file;
   }
 
+  public String readFile(String pathName) throws IOException {
+    return new String(
+        ByteStreams.toByteArray(resolve(pathName).getInputStream()),
+        DEFAULT_CHARSET);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Like {@code scratch.file}, but the file is first deleted if it already
    * exists.