private long filesInApplicationPackage() {
        return uncheck(() -> { try (var files = Files.list(appDir.toPath())) { return files.count(); } });
    }
Reads a ranking expression from file to a string and returns it.

@param name the name of the file to return,
            relative to the search definition directory in the application package
@return the content of a ranking expression file
@throws IllegalArgumentException if the file was not found or could not be read
config-application-package/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/model/application/provider/FilesApplicationPackage.java