# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
-# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc
+# Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 MediaGoblin contributors. See AUTHORS.
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
module = sys.modules[module_name]
func = getattr(module, func_name)
return func
+
+
+def simple_printer(string):
+ """
+ Prints a string, but without an auto \n at the end.
+
+ Useful for places where we want to dependency inject for printing.
+ """
+ sys.stdout.write(string)
+ sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+class CollectingPrinter(object):
+ """
+ Another printer object, this one useful for capturing output for
+ examination during testing or otherwise.
+
+ Use this like:
+
+ >>> printer = CollectingPrinter()
+ >>> printer("herp derp\n")
+ >>> printer("lollerskates\n")
+ >>> printer.combined_string
+ "herp derp\nlollerskates\n"
+ """
+ def __init__(self):
+ self.collection = []
+
+ def __call__(self, string):
+ self.collection.append(string)
+
+ @property
+ def combined_string(self):
+ return u''.join(self.collection)
+
+