@@ -241,11 +241,9 @@ const RuleWriter = {
     return rv;
   },
 
-  read: function(file, rule_store, ruleset_id) {
+  read: function(file) {
     if (!file.exists())
       return null;
-    if ((rule_store.targets == null) && (rule_store.targets != {}))
-      this.log(WARN, "TARGETS IS NULL");
     var data = "";
     var fstream = CC["@mozilla.org/network/file-input-stream;1"]
         .createInstance(CI.nsIFileInputStream);
@@ -262,6 +260,28 @@ const RuleWriter = {
 
     sstream.close();
     fstream.close();
+    return data;
+  },
+
+  write: function(file, data) {
+    //if (!file.exists())
+    //  return null;
+    this.log(DBUG, "Opening " + file.path + " for writing");
+    var fstream = CC["@mozilla.org/network/file-output-stream;1"]
+        .createInstance(CI.nsIFileOutputStream);
+    fstream.init(file, -1, -1, 0);
+
+    var retval = fstream.write(data, data.length);
+    this.log(DBUG, "Got retval " + retval);
+    fstream.close();
+    return data;
+  },
+
+  rulesetFromFile: function(file, rule_store, ruleset_id) {
+    if ((rule_store.targets == null) && (rule_store.targets != {}))
+      this.log(WARN, "TARGETS IS NULL");
+    var data = this.read(file);
+    if (!data) return null;
     return this.readFromString(data, rule_store, ruleset_id);
   },