Package: Ahven.Temporary_Output

Package: Ahven.Temporary_Output

Dependencies

with Ahven.VStrings;
with Ada.Text_IO;

Description

Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Tero Koskinen <tero.koskinen@iki.fi>

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Header

package Ahven.Temporary_Output is

Exceptions

Temporary_File_Error

Type Summary

`Temporary_File` (limited type)
Primitive Operations:	`Close_Temp`, `Create_Temp`, `Get_Name`, `Redirect_Output`, `Remove_Temp`

Other Items:

type Temporary_File is limited private;

procedure Create_Temp (File : out Temporary_File);

Create a new temporary file. Exception Temporary_File_Error is raised if the procedure cannot create a new temp file.

function Get_Name (File : Temporary_File) return String;

Return the name of the file.

procedure Redirect_Output (To_File : in out Temporary_File);

Redirect the standard output to the file. To_File must be opened using Create_Temp.

procedure Restore_Output;

Restore the standard output to its default settings.

procedure Remove_Temp (File : in out Temporary_File);

Remove the temporary file. File can be either open or closed.

procedure Close_Temp (File : in out Temporary_File);

Close the temporary file.

private

   --  Implementation-defined ...

end Ahven.Temporary_Output;