lib/geolookup.rb in geolookup-0.5.3 vs lib/geolookup.rb in geolookup-0.5.4

@@ -2,7 +2,17 @@
 require "geolookup/usa/county"
 require "geolookup/usa/state"
 require "geolookup/country"
 
 module Geolookup
-
+  ###################################################################
+  # self.load_file
+  #
+  # Loads a given .yml file that contains a hash and returns the hash
+  #
+  def self.load_hash_from_file(file)
+    fileName = File.open(file, "r")
+    hash = YAML.load(fileName)     
+    fileName.close
+    hash
+  end
 end