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warn "IORedirect is being deprecated. It is not a robust solution. If you use this library, please consider contributing to Facets by rewritting the library so we can keep it in Facets."

# = IORedirect
#
# IORedirect was ported from Paul Brannan's Ruby Treasures.
#
# Copyright (C) 2002 Paul Brannan <[e-mail]>
#
# Ruby License
#
# This module is free software. You may use, modify, and/or redistribute this
# software under the same terms as Ruby.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

require 'thread'

# = IORedirect
#
# A class to redirect $stdout, or other IO object, to a StringIO object,
# or any other object with a write() method.
#
#   s = StringIO.new
#   r = IORedirect.redirect($stdout, s) do
#     $stdout.puts "this is a test"
#   end
#
class IORedirect

  # Start redirection from one IO object to any other object with a
  # write() method. +from+ is the IO object to redirect from,
  # and +to+ is the object to redirect to.
  def initialize(from, to)
    @from = from
    @to = to
    start()
  end

  # Start redirection, if it has not already been started.
  def start
    raise "Redirection already in progress" if @t
    tmp = @from.dup
    r, w = *IO.pipe
    @from.reopen(w)
    @t = Thread.new do
      begin
        loop do
          s = r.read(1) # TODO: can I make this buffered?
          @to.write(s)
        end
      ensure
        @from.reopen(tmp)
        @t = nil
      end
    end
  end

  # Stop redirection, if it is occurring
  def stop
    raise "Redirection already stopped" if not @t
    @t.kill
  end

  # An exception-safe class method for redirection
  def self.redirect(from, to)
    s = new(from, to)
    begin
      yield
    ensure
      s.stop
    end
  end

end

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-2.8.2	lib/more/facets/ioredirect.rb
facets-2.8.1	lib/more/facets/ioredirect.rb
facets-2.8.0	lib/more/facets/ioredirect.rb