add util function getResourceAsText

src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/Utils.kt

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import java.net.InetAddress
  */
 fun getCallingMethodName(): String? {
     val offsetVal = 1
-    val exclude = arrayOf("def", "record", "invoke", "invoke0", "handle", "def\$default", "addResultToEval")
+    val exclude = arrayOf("def", "record", "invoke", "invoke0", "handle", "def\$default", "addResultToEval", "handle\$default")
     // suffixes are also ignored as method names but will be added as suffix in the evaluation results
     val suffixes = arrayOf("optional", "requireAll", "requireLast", "inContainer")
 
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ fun hostUserHome(): String = System.getProperty("user.home") + fileSeparator()
 fun newline(): String = System.getProperty("line.separator")
 fun fileSeparator(): String = File.separator
 
+fun getResourceAsText(path: String): String {
+    val resource = Thread.currentThread().contextClassLoader.getResource(path)
+    requireNotNull(resource) { "Resource $path not found" }
+    return resource.readText()
+}
+
 
 /**
  * Returns default local Prov instance.

src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/core/UtilsKtTest.kt

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs.test.tags.ContainerTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
 import java.net.UnknownHostException
 
 internal class UtilsKtTest {
@@ -41,6 +42,18 @@ internal class UtilsKtTest {
             { remote("invalid_host", "user") })
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun getResourceAsText_successful() {
+        assertEquals("resource text\n", getResourceAsText("resource-test"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun getResourceAsText_throws_exception_for_missing_file() {
+        assertThrows<IllegalArgumentException> {
+            getResourceAsText("not existing resource")
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     @Disabled // run manually after having updated user
     fun test_remote() {

src/test/resources/resource-test

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+resource text