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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def read(self):
 """Returns the file contents as validated JSON text. """

        p = os.path.join(self.path, self.name)
        try:
            with open(p) as f:
                json_text = f.read()
        except FileNotFoundError as e:
            raise JSONFileError(e) from e
        try:
            json.loads(json_text)
        except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError) as e:
            raise JSONFileError(f"{e} Got {p}") from e
        return json_text