def read_lines_from_file(cls_name, filename):
  """Read lines from file, parsing out header and metadata."""
  with tf.io.gfile.GFile(filename, "rb") as f:
    lines = [tf.compat.as_text(line)[:-1] for line in f]
  header_line = "%s%s" % (_HEADER_PREFIX, cls_name)
  if lines[0] != header_line:
    raise ValueError("File {fname} does not seem to have been created from "
                     "{name}.save_to_file.".format(
                         fname=filename, name=cls_name))
  metadata_dict = json.loads(lines[1][len(_METADATA_PREFIX):])
  return lines[2:], metadata_dict
Read lines from file, parsing out header and metadata.