class BinaryStringIO

This class is a version of StringIO that always uses the binary encoding on any Ruby platform that has a notion of encodings. On Ruby platforms without encoding support, this class is equivalent to StringIO.

Public Class Methods

new(*args) click to toggle source

Creates a new instance of this class.

This takes all the arguments of StringIO.new.

Calls superclass method
# File lib/archive/support/binary_stringio.rb, line 11
def initialize(*args)
  super

  # Force a binary encoding when possible.
  if respond_to?(:set_encoding, true)
    @encoding_locked = false
    set_encoding('binary')
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

set_encoding(*args) click to toggle source

Raise an exception on attempts to change the encoding.

Calls superclass method
# File lib/archive/support/binary_stringio.rb, line 23
def set_encoding(*args)
  raise 'Changing encoding is not allowed' if @encoding_locked
  @encoding_locked = true
  super
end