= 0:
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):
"""Read until EOF using readline() and return a list containing the
lines thus read.
If the optional sizehint argument is present, instead of reading up
to EOF, whole lines totalling approximately sizehint bytes (or more
to accommodate a final whole line).
"""
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):
"""Truncate the file's size.
If the optional size argument is present, the file is truncated to
(at most) that size. The size defaults to the current position.
The current file position is not changed unless the position
is beyond the new file size.
If the specified size exceeds the file's current size, the
file remains unchanged.
"""
_complain_ifclosed(self.closed)
if size is None:
size = self.pos
elif size < 0:
raise IOError(EINVAL, "Negative size not allowed")
elif size < self.pos:
self.pos = size
self.buf = self.getvalue()[:size]
self.len = size
def write(self, s):
"""Write a string to the file.
There is no return value.
"""
_complain_ifclosed(self.closed)
if not s: return
# Force s to be a string or unicode
if not isinstance(s, basestring):
s = str(s)
spos = self.pos
slen = self.len
if spos == slen:
self.buflist.append(s)
self.len = self.pos = spos + len(s)
return
if spos > slen:
self.buflist.append('\0'*(spos - slen))
slen = spos
newpos = spos + len(s)
if spos < slen:
if self.buflist:
self.buf += ''.join(self.buflist)
self.buflist = [self.buf[:spos], s, self.buf[newpos:]]
self.buf = ''
if newpos > slen:
slen = newpos
else:
self.buflist.append(s)
slen = newpos
self.len = slen
self.pos = newpos
def writelines(self, iterable):
"""Write a sequence of strings to the file. The sequence can be any
iterable object producing strings, typically a list of strings. There
is no return value.
(The name is intended to match readlines(); writelines() does not add
line separators.)
"""
write = self.write
for line in iterable:
write(line)
def flush(self):
"""Flush the internal buffer
"""
_complain_ifclosed(self.closed)
def getvalue(self):
"""
Retrieve the entire contents of the "file" at any time before
the StringIO object's close() method is called.
The StringIO object can accept either Unicode or 8-bit strings,
but mixing the two may take some care. If both are used, 8-bit
strings that cannot be interpreted as 7-bit ASCII (that use the
8th bit) will cause a UnicodeError to be raised when getvalue()
is called.
"""
_complain_ifclosed(self.closed)
if self.buflist:
self.buf += ''.join(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 =', repr(f.readline())
print 'Position =', f.tell()
line = f.readline()
print 'Second line =', repr(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.truncate(length/2)
f.seek(0, 2)
print 'Truncated length =', f.tell()
if f.tell() != length/2:
raise RuntimeError, 'truncate did not adjust length'
f.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':
test()