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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst13
-rw-r--r--Lib/logging/__init__.py20
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_logging.py14
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-07-30-10-07-58.bpo-30522.gAX1N-.rst2
4 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst b/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst
index f13f765..0974286 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ and :meth:`flush` methods).
:meth:`close` method is inherited from :class:`~logging.Handler` and so
does no output, so an explicit :meth:`flush` call may be needed at times.
+ .. method:: setStream(stream)
+
+ Sets the instance's stream to the specified value, if it is different.
+ The old stream is flushed before the new stream is set.
+
+ :param stream: The stream that the handler should use.
+
+ :return: the old stream, if the stream was changed, or *None* if it wasn't.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.7
+
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
The ``StreamHandler`` class now has a ``terminator`` attribute, default
value ``'\n'``, which is used as the terminator when writing a formatted
@@ -66,6 +78,7 @@ and :meth:`flush` methods).
set the handler instance's ``terminator`` attribute to the empty string.
In earlier versions, the terminator was hardcoded as ``'\n'``.
+
.. _file-handler:
FileHandler
diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index f9bfb79..54d4e88 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -997,6 +997,26 @@ class StreamHandler(Handler):
except Exception:
self.handleError(record)
+ def setStream(self, stream):
+ """
+ Sets the StreamHandler's stream to the specified value,
+ if it is different.
+
+ Returns the old stream, if the stream was changed, or None
+ if it wasn't.
+ """
+ if stream is self.stream:
+ result = None
+ else:
+ result = self.stream
+ self.acquire()
+ try:
+ self.flush()
+ self.stream = stream
+ finally:
+ self.release()
+ return result
+
def __repr__(self):
level = getLevelName(self.level)
name = getattr(self.stream, 'name', '')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index 8884562..6d0b234 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -698,6 +698,20 @@ class StreamHandlerTest(BaseTest):
finally:
logging.raiseExceptions = old_raise
+ def test_stream_setting(self):
+ """
+ Test setting the handler's stream
+ """
+ h = logging.StreamHandler()
+ stream = io.StringIO()
+ old = h.setStream(stream)
+ self.assertIs(old, sys.stderr)
+ actual = h.setStream(old)
+ self.assertIs(actual, stream)
+ # test that setting to existing value returns None
+ actual = h.setStream(old)
+ self.assertIsNone(actual)
+
# -- The following section could be moved into a server_helper.py module
# -- if it proves to be of wider utility than just test_logging
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-07-30-10-07-58.bpo-30522.gAX1N-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-07-30-10-07-58.bpo-30522.gAX1N-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..214f98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-07-30-10-07-58.bpo-30522.gAX1N-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Added a ``setStream`` method to ``logging.StreamHandler`` to allow the
+stream to be set after creation.