diff --git a/code/src/file_reader.py b/code/src/file_reader.py
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+from abc import abstractmethod
+import pandas as pd
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+class FileReader():
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def annotate(self, text):
+        f = open(text,'r')
+        return f.read()
+
+    def make_dict(self, list_of_inside_tag_strings, fucntion):
+        dictionary = {string: fucntion(string) for string in list_of_inside_tag_strings}
+        return dictionary
+    
+    def read_csv(self, path, sep):
+        return pd.read_csv(path, index_col=None, sep=sep)
+    
+    def read_xml(self, text):
+        return BeautifulSoup('<text>'+text+'</text>', "lxml")