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diff --git a/libpathod/utils.py b/libpathod/utils.py
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+import copy, os
+
+class Data:
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        m = __import__(name)
+        dirname, _ = os.path.split(m.__file__)
+        self.dirname = os.path.abspath(dirname)
+
+    def path(self, path):
+        """
+            Returns a path to the package data housed at 'path' under this
+            module.Path can be a path to a file, or to a directory.
+
+            This function will raise ValueError if the path does not exist.
+        """
+        fullpath = os.path.join(self.dirname, path)
+        if not os.path.exists(fullpath):
+            raise ValueError, "dataPath: %s does not exist."%fullpath
+        return fullpath
+
+    def read(self, path):
+        """
+            Returns a path to the package data housed at 'path' under this
+            module.Path can be a path to a file, or to a directory.
+
+            This function will raise ValueError if the path does not exist.
+        """
+        p = self.path(path)
+        return open(p).read()
+
+data = Data(__name__)