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+package fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.test;
+
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.edoal.EDOALAlignment;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.parser.AlignmentParser;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.parser.RDFParser;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/*
+ * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
+ * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
+ * and open the template in the editor.
+ */
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Nicolas Guillouet <nicolas@meaningengines.com>
+ */
+public class Utils {
+    
+    public static EDOALAlignment loadAlignement(String fileName) throws Exception {
+        AlignmentParser aparser = new AlignmentParser(0);
+        assert(aparser != null);
+        aparser.initAlignment(null);
+        RDFParser alignmentParser = new RDFParser();
+        InputStream alignIn = new FileInputStream("test/input/" + fileName);
+        EDOALAlignment loadedAlignment = alignmentParser.parse(alignIn);
+        return loadedAlignment;
+    }
+}