diff --git a/editorconfig/full_file_checkers.go b/editorconfig/full_file_checkers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e59b6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editorconfig/full_file_checkers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package editorconfig
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var fullFileCheckers = map[string]FullFileChecker{
+	"end_of_line": CheckEndOfLineRule,
+}
+
+type FullFileChecker func(ruleValue string, fileContent string) *FullFileCheckResult
+
+// @todo - add fixers to each instance of FullFileCheckResult.
+type FullFileCheckResult struct {
+	isOk           bool
+	messageIfNotOk string
+}
+
+var lfRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`\n`)
+var crRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`\r`)
+var crlfRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`\r\n`)
+
+func CheckEndOfLineRule(ruleValue string, fileContent string) *FullFileCheckResult {
+	// Valid rules values are "lf", "cr", or "crlf". The values are case insensitive.
+	ruleValueLowercase := strings.ToLower(ruleValue)
+
+	if ruleValueLowercase != "lf" && ruleValueLowercase != "cr" && ruleValueLowercase != "crlf" {
+		return &FullFileCheckResult{isOk: false, messageIfNotOk: "end_of_line value is not valid: " + ruleValue}
+	}
+
+	if ruleValueLowercase == "lf" {
+		if crlfRegexp.MatchString(fileContent) {
+			return &FullFileCheckResult{isOk: false, messageIfNotOk: "should use LF for new lines but contains CRLF"}
+		}
+		if crRegexp.MatchString(fileContent) {
+			return &FullFileCheckResult{isOk: false, messageIfNotOk: "should use LF for new lines but contains CR"}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ruleValueLowercase == "cr" {
+		if crlfRegexp.MatchString(fileContent) {
+			return &FullFileCheckResult{isOk: false, messageIfNotOk: "should use CR for new lines but contains CRLF"}
+		}
+		if lfRegexp.MatchString(fileContent) {
+			return &FullFileCheckResult{isOk: false, messageIfNotOk: "should use CR for new lines but contains LF"}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ruleValueLowercase == "crlf" {
+		fileContent := crlfRegexp.ReplaceAllString(fileContent, "")
+		if lfRegexp.MatchString(fileContent) {
+			return &FullFileCheckResult{isOk: false, messageIfNotOk: "should use CRLF for new lines but contains LF"}
+		}
+		if crRegexp.MatchString(fileContent) {
+			return &FullFileCheckResult{isOk: false, messageIfNotOk: "should use CRLF for new lines but contains CR"}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &FullFileCheckResult{isOk: true}
+}
diff --git a/editorconfig/full_file_checkers_test.go b/editorconfig/full_file_checkers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cf4528
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+++ b/editorconfig/full_file_checkers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package editorconfig
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func ExpectFilePass(file string, ruleValue string, fileChecker FullFileChecker, t *testing.T) {
+	result := fileChecker(ruleValue, file)
+	if !result.isOk {
+		t.Error("Expected file to pass, but it failed: \"" + file + "\" for rule value \"" + ruleValue + "\", had error message: " + result.messageIfNotOk)
+	}
+}
+
+func ExpectFileFail(file string, ruleValue string, fileChecker FullFileChecker, t *testing.T, expectedError string) {
+	result := fileChecker(ruleValue, file)
+	if result.isOk {
+		t.Error("Expected file to fail, but it passed: \"" + file + "\" for rule value \"" + ruleValue + "\"")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !result.isOk && result.messageIfNotOk != expectedError {
+		t.Error("File \"" + file + "\" failed with error message \"" + result.messageIfNotOk + "\" but had expected \"" + expectedError + "\"")
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCheckEndOfLineRule(t *testing.T) {
+	f := CheckEndOfLineRule
+
+	ExpectFilePass("", "lf", f, t)
+	ExpectFilePass("", "cr", f, t)
+	ExpectFilePass("", "crlf", f, t)
+
+	ExpectFilePass("Aardvark\nBunny\n", "lf", f, t)
+	ExpectFilePass("Aardvark\rBunny\r", "cr", f, t)
+	ExpectFilePass("Aardvark\r\nBunny\r\n", "crlf", f, t)
+
+	ExpectFileFail("Aardvark\nBunny\n", "cr", f, t, "should use CR for new lines but contains LF")
+	ExpectFileFail("Aardvark\rBunny\r", "crlf", f, t, "should use CRLF for new lines but contains CR")
+	ExpectFileFail("Aardvark\r\nBunny\r\n", "lf", f, t, "should use LF for new lines but contains CRLF")
+}