def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def setUp(self):
        entry_Li = ComputedEntry("Li", -1.90753119)

        with open(os.path.join(PymatgenTest.TEST_FILES_DIR, "LiTiO2_batt.json")) as f:
            entries_LTO = json.load(f, cls=MontyDecoder)
            self.ie_LTO = InsertionElectrode.from_entries(entries_LTO, entry_Li)

        with open(os.path.join(PymatgenTest.TEST_FILES_DIR, "FeF3_batt.json")) as fid:
            entries = json.load(fid, cls=MontyDecoder)
            self.ce_FF = ConversionElectrode.from_composition_and_entries(Composition("FeF3"), entries)