Fork, Commit, Merge - Medium Issue 1 (C++)

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Fork, Commit, Merge - Medium Issue 1 (C++)

Implement a Simple File Reader/Writer Class and Methods in C++

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Navigate to the tasks/c++/medium/file_handler directory from the root of your project.
You will see four files: main.cpp, FileHandler.cpp, FileHandler.h and text-file.txt.
You only need to modify FileHandler.cpp and FileHandler.h files for this task.

Description:

Create a simple class and methods in C++ to handle reading and writing text files. The class should have the following functionalities:

• Read File: Read the content of a given text file and return it as a string.
• Write File: Write a given string to a specified text file.
• Append File: Append a given string to the end of a specified text file.
• File Exists: Check if a file exists at a given path.

Requirements:

• Implement the FileHandler class in FileHandler.h file
• Implement the FileHandler::ReadFile method, FileHandler::WriteFile method, FileHandler::AppendFile method and FileHandler::FileExists method in FileHandler.cpp
• Do not modify the main.cpp or text-file.txt files
• Proper error handling should be done to handle cases where the file does not exist, or other file-related issues occur.

Compiling and Running

To test the program you have to first make sure you are in the right directory:

cd tasks/c++/medium/file_handler

Then compile the files:

g++ FileHandler.cpp main.cpp -o filehandler

Then you can run the compiled program by running:

./filehandler

Expected Output:

There is a file called text-file.txt where you should now see this:

Hello, World!
Appended text.

And this should be printed to the console:

Write successful.
Append successful.
File content:
Hello, World!
Appended text.
File exists.

If the program works as requested in the task, you are ready to make a pull request!

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