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- """File-like objects that read from or write to a string buffer.
-
- This implements (nearly) all stdio methods.
-
- f = StringIO() # ready for writing
- f = StringIO(buf) # ready for reading
- f.close() # explicitly release resources held
- flag = f.isatty() # always false
- pos = f.tell() # get current position
- f.seek(pos) # set current position
- f.seek(pos, mode) # mode 0: absolute; 1: relative; 2: relative to EOF
- buf = f.read() # read until EOF
- buf = f.read(n) # read up to n bytes
- buf = f.readline() # read until end of line ('\n') or EOF
- list = f.readlines()# list of f.readline() results until EOF
- f.truncate([size]) # truncate file at to at most size (default: current pos)
- f.write(buf) # write at current position
- f.writelines(list) # for line in list: f.write(line)
- f.getvalue() # return whole file's contents as a string
-
- Notes:
- - Using a real file is often faster (but less convenient).
- - There's also a much faster implementation in C, called cStringIO, but
- it's not subclassable.
- - fileno() is left unimplemented so that code which uses it triggers
- an exception early.
- - Seeking far beyond EOF and then writing will insert real null
- bytes that occupy space in the buffer.
- - There's a simple test set (see end of this file).
- """
-
- import errno
- import string
-
- class StringIO:
- def __init__(self, buf = ''):
- self.buf = buf
- self.len = len(buf)
- self.buflist = []
- self.pos = 0
- self.closed = 0
- self.softspace = 0
- def close(self):
- if not self.closed:
- self.closed = 1
- del self.buf, self.pos
- def isatty(self):
- if self.closed:
- raise ValueError, "I/O operation on closed file"
- return 0
- def seek(self, pos, mode = 0):
- if self.closed:
- raise ValueError, "I/O operation on closed file"
- if self.buflist:
- self.buf = self.buf + string.joinfields(self.buflist, '')
- self.buflist = []
- if mode == 1:
- pos = pos + self.pos
- elif mode == 2:
- pos = pos + self.len
- self.pos = max(0, pos)
- def tell(self):
- if self.closed:
- raise ValueError, "I/O operation on closed file"
- return self.pos
- def read(self, n = -1):
- if self.closed:
- raise ValueError, "I/O operation on closed file"
- if self.buflist:
- self.buf = self.buf + string.joinfields(self.buflist, '')
- self.buflist = []
- if n < 0:
- newpos = self.len
- else:
- newpos = min(self.pos+n, self.len)
- r = self.buf[self.pos:newpos]
- self.pos = newpos
- return r
- def readline(self, length=None):
- if self.closed:
- raise ValueError, "I/O operation on closed file"
- if self.buflist:
- self.buf = self.buf + string.joinfields(self.buflist, '')
- self.buflist = []
- i = string.find(self.buf, '\n', self.pos)
- if i < 0:
- newpos = self.len
- else:
- newpos = i+1
- if length is not None:
- if self.pos + length < newpos:
- newpos = self.pos + length
- r = self.buf[self.pos:newpos]
- self.pos = newpos
- return r
- def readlines(self, sizehint = 0):
- total = 0
- lines = []
- line = self.readline()
- while line:
- lines.append(line)
- total += len(line)
- if 0 < sizehint <= total:
- break
- line = self.readline()
- return lines
- def truncate(self, size=None):
- if self.closed:
- raise ValueError, "I/O operation on closed file"
- if size is None:
- size = self.pos
- elif size < 0:
- raise IOError(errno.EINVAL,
- "Negative size not allowed")
- elif size < self.pos:
- self.pos = size
- self.buf = self.getvalue()[:size]
- def write(self, s):
- if self.closed:
- raise ValueError, "I/O operation on closed file"
- if not s: return
- if self.pos > self.len:
- self.buflist.append('\0'*(self.pos - self.len))
- self.len = self.pos
- newpos = self.pos + len(s)
- if self.pos < self.len:
- if self.buflist:
- self.buf = self.buf + string.joinfields(self.buflist, '')
- self.buflist = []
- self.buflist = [self.buf[:self.pos], s, self.buf[newpos:]]
- self.buf = ''
- if newpos > self.len:
- self.len = newpos
- else:
- self.buflist.append(s)
- self.len = newpos
- self.pos = newpos
- def writelines(self, list):
- self.write(string.joinfields(list, ''))
- def flush(self):
- if self.closed:
- raise ValueError, "I/O operation on closed file"
- def getvalue(self):
- if self.buflist:
- self.buf = self.buf + string.joinfields(self.buflist, '')
- self.buflist = []
- return self.buf
-
-
- # A little test suite
-
- def test():
- import sys
- if sys.argv[1:]:
- file = sys.argv[1]
- else:
- file = '/etc/passwd'
- lines = open(file, 'r').readlines()
- text = open(file, 'r').read()
- f = StringIO()
- for line in lines[:-2]:
- f.write(line)
- f.writelines(lines[-2:])
- if f.getvalue() != text:
- raise RuntimeError, 'write failed'
- length = f.tell()
- print 'File length =', length
- f.seek(len(lines[0]))
- f.write(lines[1])
- f.seek(0)
- print 'First line =', `f.readline()`
- here = f.tell()
- line = f.readline()
- print 'Second line =', `line`
- f.seek(-len(line), 1)
- line2 = f.read(len(line))
- if line != line2:
- raise RuntimeError, 'bad result after seek back'
- f.seek(len(line2), 1)
- list = f.readlines()
- line = list[-1]
- f.seek(f.tell() - len(line))
- line2 = f.read()
- if line != line2:
- raise RuntimeError, 'bad result after seek back from EOF'
- print 'Read', len(list), 'more lines'
- print 'File length =', f.tell()
- if f.tell() != length:
- raise RuntimeError, 'bad length'
- f.close()
-
- if __name__ == '__main__':
- test()
-