hacks/io_redirector

class Redirector < Object

A class to redirect $stdout (or other IO object) to a StringIO object (or other object with a write() method).

Example:

  s = StringIO.new
  r = Redirector.redirect($stdout, s) do
    $stdout.puts "this is a test"
  end

Public Methods

initialize(from, to)

Start redirection from one IO object to any other object with a write() method.

from	the IO object to redirect from.
to	the object to redirect to.

start

Start redirection, if it has not already been started.

stop

Stop redirection, if it is occurring.

self.redirect(from, to)

An exception-safe class method for redirection.

class SimpleStringIO < Object

Public Methods

str

initialize; @str = ''; end def write(str); @str << str; end