class CompositeReadIO

Concatenate together multiple IO objects into a single, composite IO object for purposes of reading as a single stream.

Usage:

crio = CompositeReadIO.new(StringIO.new('one'), StringIO.new('two'), StringIO.new('three'))
puts crio.read # => "onetwothree"

Public Class Methods

new(*ios) click to toggle source

Create a new composite-read IO from the arguments, all of which should respond to read in a manner consistent with IO.

# File lib/composite_io.rb, line 18
def initialize(*ios)
  @ios = ios.flatten
  @index = 0
end

Public Instance Methods

read(length = nil, outbuf = nil) click to toggle source

Read from IOs in order until `length` bytes have been received.

# File lib/composite_io.rb, line 24
def read(length = nil, outbuf = nil)
  got_result = false
  outbuf = outbuf ? outbuf.replace("") : ""

  while io = current_io
    if result = io.read(length)
      got_result ||= !result.nil?
      result.force_encoding("BINARY") if result.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
      outbuf << result
      length -= result.length if length
      break if length == 0
    end
    advance_io
  end
  (!got_result && length) ? nil : outbuf
end

rewind() click to toggle source

# File lib/composite_io.rb, line 41
def rewind
  @ios.each { |io| io.rewind }
  @index = 0
end