Added binary file reading function

1 files changed, 58 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CST 126/Homework2/Base64Helper.hpp b/CST 126/Homework2/Base64Helper.hpp
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+#ifndef BASE64_HELPER_HPP
+#define BASE64_HELPER_HPP
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+
+inline char* ReadTextFromFile(const char* fileName, char* buffer)
+{
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+inline char* ReadFileAsBinary(const char* fileName, char* buffer)
+{
+	try
+	{
+		//open fstream in input mode, with binary mode
+
+		std::fstream File(fileName, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
+
+		if (File.fail())
+		{
+			std::cerr << "Could not open file for binary input: " << fileName;
+			return buffer;
+		}
+		File.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
+		std::streamsize size = File.tellg();
+		File.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+
+		delete[] buffer;
+		buffer = nullptr;
+
+
+		buffer = new char[size];
+		File.read(buffer, size);
+		File.close();
+		return buffer;
+	}
+	catch (const std::exception& ex)
+	{
+		std::cerr << "Exception during binary file input. " << fileName
+			<< " was not successfully streamed to binary. " <<
+			ex.what();
+		return buffer;
+	}
+}
+
+inline bool WriteFileFromBinary(const char* fileName, const char* buffer)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+inline bool WriteTextToFile(const char* fileName, const char* fileContents)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+
+
+#endif
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