Class DummyFileObject

Instance Methods

__init__(self, mode='w')
Set up the dummy object to act as a file object.

close(self)
A method for 'closing' this object.

readable(self)
Mimic the Python 3 readable() method.

list of str readlines(self)
Mimic the file object readlines() method.

writable(self)
Mimic the Python 3 writable() method.

write(self, str)
Mimic the file object write() method so that this class can be used as a file object.

Method Details

__init__(self, mode='w')
(Constructor)

Set up the dummy object to act as a file object.

Parameters:

• mode (str) - Set the read or write mode for object testing. This can be 'r' or 'w'.

readlines(self)

Mimic the file object readlines() method.

This method works even if this dummy file object is closed!

Returns: list of str

The contents of the file object separated by newline characters.

write(self, str)

Mimic the file object write() method so that this class can be used as a file object.

Parameters:

• str (str) - The string to be written.