3 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/scripting-api/packagemanagercore.qdoc b/doc/scripting-api/packagemanagercore.qdoc
index aeb116329..65b72c9c4 100644
--- a/doc/scripting-api/packagemanagercore.qdoc
+++ b/doc/scripting-api/packagemanagercore.qdoc
@@ -334,6 +334,17 @@
 */
 
 /*!
+    \qmlmethod boolean installer::readFile(string filePath, string codecName)
+
+    Returns the contents of the file \a filePath using the encoding specified
+    by \a codecName. The file is read in the text mode, that is, end-of-line
+    terminators are translated to the local encoding.
+
+    \note If the file does not exist or an error occurs while reading the file, an
+     empty string is returned.
+*/
+
+/*!
     \qmlmethod boolean installer::fileExists(string filePath)
 
     Returns \c true if the \a filePath exists; otherwise returns \c false.
diff --git a/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.cpp b/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.cpp
index 8066ff308..a955bc8cc 100644
--- a/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 #include <QtCore/QMutex>
 #include <QtCore/QSettings>
 #include <QtCore/QTemporaryFile>
+#include <QtCore/QTextCodec>
+#include <QtCore/QTextStream>
 
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QFileDialog>
@@ -785,6 +787,32 @@ bool PackageManagerCore::fileExists(const QString &filePath) const
     return QFileInfo(filePath).exists();
 }
 
+/*!
+    Returns the contents of the file \a filePath using the encoding specified
+    by \a codecName. The file is read in the text mode, that is, end-of-line
+    terminators are translated to the local encoding.
+
+    \note If the file does not exist or an error occurs while reading the file, an
+     empty string is returned.
+
+    \sa {installer::readFile}{installer.readFile}
+
+ */
+QString PackageManagerCore::readFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &codecName) const
+{
+    QFile f(filePath);
+    if (!f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text))
+        return QString();
+
+    QTextCodec *codec = QTextCodec::codecForName(qPrintable(codecName));
+    if (!codec)
+        return QString();
+
+    QTextStream stream(&f);
+    stream.setCodec(codec);
+    return stream.readAll();
+}
+
 // -- QInstaller
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.h b/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.h
index 5160b0588..9587de7b4 100644
--- a/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.h
+++ b/src/libs/installer/packagemanagercore.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ public:
 
     Q_INVOKABLE bool isFileExtensionRegistered(const QString &extension) const;
     Q_INVOKABLE bool fileExists(const QString &filePath) const;
+    Q_INVOKABLE QString readFile(const QString &filePath, const QString &codecName) const;
 
 public:
     ScriptEngine *componentScriptEngine() const;