Read a text file and obtain it's contents.

     
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using System.IO;
using System.Net;

namespace MVCPets.Extensions
{
  public static class IO
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Read a text file and obtain it's contents.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="absolutePath">The complete file path to write to.</param>
    /// <returns>String containing the content of the file.</returns>
    public static string GetFileText(this string absolutePath)
    {
      using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(absolutePath))
        return sr.ReadToEnd();
    }
  }
}

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