1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/csharp/ProtocolBuffers.Test/TestUtil.cs b/csharp/ProtocolBuffers.Test/TestUtil.cs
index 6e3b9f18..c0cbd1b6 100644
--- a/csharp/ProtocolBuffers.Test/TestUtil.cs
+++ b/csharp/ProtocolBuffers.Test/TestUtil.cs
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers {
       registry.Add(UnitTestProtoFile.DefaultCordExtension);
     }
 
+    internal static string ReadTextFromFile(string filePath) {
+      return ReadBytesFromFile(filePath).ToStringUtf8();
+    }
 
     internal static ByteString ReadBytesFromFile(String filename) {
       byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes(Path.Combine(TestDataDirectory, filename));
@@ -1334,5 +1337,16 @@ namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers {
       Assert.AreEqual("abc", message.GetExtension(UnitTestProtoFile.DefaultStringPieceExtension));
       Assert.AreEqual("123", message.GetExtension(UnitTestProtoFile.DefaultCordExtension));
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Helper to construct a byte array from a bunch of bytes.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static byte[] Bytes(params byte[] bytesAsInts) {
+      byte[] bytes = new byte[bytesAsInts.Length];
+      for (int i = 0; i < bytesAsInts.Length; i++) {
+        bytes[i] = (byte)bytesAsInts[i];
+      }
+      return bytes;
+    }
   }
 }