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+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TupleSections #-}
+
+module Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Script.Certificate.Read
+  ( readCertificateScriptWitness
+  , readCertificateScriptWitnesses
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.Api
+import           Cardano.Api.Shelley
+
+import           Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Script.Certificate.Types
+import           Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Script.Types
+import           Cardano.CLI.Read
+import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Common
+
+import           Control.Monad
+
+readCertificateScriptWitnesses
+  :: MonadIOTransError (FileError CliScriptWitnessError) t m
+  => ShelleyBasedEra era
+  -> [(CertificateFile, Maybe CliCertificateScriptRequirements)]
+  -> t m [(CertificateFile, Maybe (CertificateScriptWitness era))]
+readCertificateScriptWitnesses sbe =
+  mapM
+    ( \(certFile, mSWit) -> do
+        (certFile,) <$> forM mSWit (readCertificateScriptWitness sbe)
+    )
+
+readCertificateScriptWitness
+  :: MonadIOTransError (FileError CliScriptWitnessError) t m
+  => ShelleyBasedEra era -> CliCertificateScriptRequirements -> t m (CertificateScriptWitness era)
+readCertificateScriptWitness sbe certScriptReq =
+  case certScriptReq of
+    OnDiskSimpleScript scriptFp -> do
+      let sFp = unFile scriptFp
+      s <-
+        modifyError (fmap SimpleScriptWitnessDecodeError) $
+          readFileSimpleScript sFp
+      case s of
+        SimpleScript ss -> do
+          return $
+            CertificateScriptWitness $
+              SimpleScriptWitness (sbeToSimpleScriptLanguageInEra sbe) $
+                SScript ss
+    OnDiskPlutusScript (OnDiskPlutusScriptCliArgs scriptFp redeemerFile execUnits) -> do
+      let plutusScriptFp = unFile scriptFp
+      plutusScript <-
+        modifyError (fmap PlutusScriptWitnessDecodeError) $
+          readFilePlutusScript plutusScriptFp
+      redeemer <-
+        modifyError (FileError plutusScriptFp . PlutusScriptWitnessRedeemerError) $
+          readScriptDataOrFile redeemerFile
+      case plutusScript of
+        AnyPlutusScript lang script -> do
+          let pScript = PScript script
+          sLangSupported <-
+            modifyError (FileError plutusScriptFp)
+              $ hoistMaybe
+                ( PlutusScriptWitnessLanguageNotSupportedInEra
+                    (AnyPlutusScriptVersion lang)
+                    (shelleyBasedEraConstraints sbe $ AnyShelleyBasedEra sbe)
+                )
+              $ scriptLanguageSupportedInEra sbe
+              $ PlutusScriptLanguage lang
+          return $
+            CertificateScriptWitness $
+              PlutusScriptWitness
+                sLangSupported
+                lang
+                pScript
+                NoScriptDatumForStake
+                redeemer
+                execUnits
+    OnDiskPlutusRefScript (PlutusRefScriptCliArgs refTxIn anyPlutusScriptVersion redeemerFile execUnits) -> do
+      case anyPlutusScriptVersion of
+        AnyPlutusScriptVersion lang -> do
+          let pScript = PReferenceScript refTxIn
+          redeemer <-
+            -- TODO: Implement a new error type to capture this. FileError is not representative of cases
+            -- where we do not have access to the script.
+            modifyError
+              ( FileError "Reference script filepath not available"
+                  . PlutusScriptWitnessRedeemerError
+              )
+              $ readScriptDataOrFile redeemerFile
+          sLangSupported <-
+            -- TODO: Implement a new error type to capture this. FileError is not representative of cases
+            -- where we do not have access to the script.
+            modifyError (FileError "Reference script filepath not available")
+              $ hoistMaybe
+                ( PlutusScriptWitnessLanguageNotSupportedInEra
+                    (AnyPlutusScriptVersion lang)
+                    (shelleyBasedEraConstraints sbe $ AnyShelleyBasedEra sbe)
+                )
+              $ scriptLanguageSupportedInEra sbe
+              $ PlutusScriptLanguage lang
+
+          return $
+            CertificateScriptWitness $
+              PlutusScriptWitness
+                sLangSupported
+                lang
+                pScript
+                NoScriptDatumForStake
+                redeemer
+                execUnits