class Inspec::FileProvider

def self.for_path(path) 

def self.for_path(path)
  if path.is_a?(Hash)
    MockProvider.new(path)
  elsif File.directory?(path)
    DirProvider.new(path)
  elsif File.exist?(path) && path.end_with?('.tar.gz', 'tgz')
    TarProvider.new(path)
  elsif File.exist?(path) && path.end_with?('.zip')
    ZipProvider.new(path)
  elsif File.exist?(path)
    DirProvider.new(path)
  else
    raise "No file provider for the provided path: #{path}"
  end
end

def binread(file)

Does not work with alias nor alias_method.
way in which encoding of the returned data structure is handled.
it, it will be the same. For some special cases, it will add change the
It will default to #read if not defined. For most streams that implement
Provide a method for reading binary contents from a file. 
def binread(file)
  read(file)
end

def files

Returns:
  • (Array[String]) - list of file paths that are included 
def files
  raise "Fetcher #{self} does not implement `files()`. This is required."
end

def initialize(_path) 

def initialize(_path)
end

def read(_file)

Returns:
  • (String) - contents of the file described

Parameters:
  • _file (String) -- path of the file to be read 
def read(_file)
  raise "#{self} does not implement `read(...)`. This is required."
end

def relative_provider 

def relative_provider
  RelativeFileProvider.new(self)
end