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+
+class SerialException(Exception):
+ pass
+
+class FileLike:
+ """An abstract file like class.
+
+ This class implements readline and readlines based on read and
+ writelines based on write.
+ This class is used to provide the above functions for to Serial
+ port objects.
+
+ Note that when the serial port was opened with _NO_ timeout that
+ readline blocks until it sees a newline (or the specified size is
+ reached) and that readlines would never return and therefore
+ refuses to work (it raises an exception in this case)!
+ """
+
+ def read(self, size): raise NotImplementedError
+ def write(self, s): raise NotImplementedError
+
+ def readline(self, size=None, eol='\n'):
+ """read a line which is terminated with end-of-line (eol) character
+ ('\n' by default) or until timeout"""
+ line = ''
+ while 1:
+ c = self.read(1)
+ if c:
+ line += c #not very efficient but lines are usually not that long
+ if c == eol:
+ break
+ if size is not None and len(line) >= size:
+ break
+ else:
+ break
+ return line
+
+ def readlines(self, sizehint=None, eol='\n'):
+ """read a list of lines, until timeout
+ sizehint is ignored"""
+ if self.timeout is None:
+ raise ValueError, "Serial port MUST have enabled timeout for this function!"
+ lines = []
+ while 1:
+ line = self.readline(eol=eol)
+ if line:
+ lines.append(line)
+ if line[-1] != eol: #was the line received with a timeout?
+ break
+ else:
+ break
+ return lines
+
+ def xreadlines(self, sizehint=None):
+ """just call readlines - here for compatibility"""
+ return self.readlines()
+
+ def writelines(self, sequence):
+ for line in sequence:
+ self.write(line)
+
+ def flush(self):
+ """flush of file like objects"""
+ pass
+