StringDescription

Complexity

Total Complexity

3

Size/Duplication

Total Lines	15
Duplicated Lines	0 %

Importance

Changes	1
Bugs	0	Features	0

3 Methods

Rating	Name	Duplication	Size	Complexity
A	__str__()	0	3	1
A	append()	0	2	1
A	__init__()	0	2	1

from __future__ import absolute_import

import codecs
import six

from .base_description import BaseDescription

__author__ = "Jon Reid"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2011 hamcrest.org"
__license__ = "BSD, see License.txt"


def tostring(selfdescribing):
    """Returns the description of a
    :py:class:`~hamcrest.core.selfdescribing.SelfDescribing` object as a
    string.

    :param selfdescribing: The object to be described.
    :returns: The description of the object.
    """
    return str(StringDescription().append_description_of(selfdescribing))


class StringDescription(BaseDescription):
    """A :py:class:`~hamcrest.core.description.Description` that is stored as a
    string.

    """

    def __init__(self):
        self.out = ''

    def __str__(self):
        """Returns the description."""
        return self.out

    def append(self, string):
        self.out += six.text_type(string)