import os class FileIO(object): def __init__(self, path): self.path = path def read(self): # Returns bytes/str # We would like to read unicode here, but we cannot, because we are not # sure if it is a valid unicode file. Therefore just read whatever is # here. with open(self.path, 'rb') as f: return f.read() def get_last_modified(self): """ Returns float - timestamp or None, if path doesn't exist. """ try: return os.path.getmtime(self.path) except OSError: # Might raise FileNotFoundError, OSError for Python 2 return None def __repr__(self): return '%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.path) class KnownContentFileIO(FileIO): def __init__(self, path, content): super(KnownContentFileIO, self).__init__(path) self._content = content def read(self): return self._content