Merge branch 'streamable'

[nit.git] / lib / standard / file.nit

diff --git a/lib/standard/file.nit b/lib/standard/file.nit
index 9786f92..dbabb41 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/standard/file.nit
+++ b/lib/standard/file.nit
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ end
 
 ###############################################################################
 
+redef class Streamable
+       # Like `write_to` but take care of creating the file
+       fun write_to_file(filepath: String)
+       do
+               var stream = new OFStream.open(filepath)
+               write_to(stream)
+               stream.close
+       end
+end
+
 redef class String
        # return true if a file with this names exists
        fun file_exists: Bool do return to_cstring.file_exists