@staticmethod<EOL><INDENT>def _load_json_file(json_file):<DEDENT>
with io.open(json_file, encoding='<STR_LIT:utf-8>') as data_file:<EOL><INDENT>try:<EOL><INDENT>json_content = json.load(data_file)<EOL><DEDENT>except p_exception.JSONDecodeError:<EOL><INDENT>err_msg = u"<STR_LIT>".format(json_file)<EOL>raise p_exception.FileFormatError(err_msg)<EOL><DEDENT>FileUtils._check_format(json_file, json_content)<EOL>return json_content<EOL><DEDENT>
load json file and check file content format