multiwriter

WritableStream to write to multi-WritableStreams. [Node.js]

Installation

$ npm install multiwriter 

OR

$ git clone git://github.com/shinout/multiwriter.git

sample

var mwriter = require('multiwriter').create({
  stdout: process.stdout,
  file1 : "file1",
  file2 : "file2"
});

mwriter.write("this is written to all writable streams\n");

mwriter.stdout.write("this is written only to process.stdout\n");

mwriter.end(); // all writer ends
mwriter.on("close", function() {
  console.log("all writers are closed instead of process.stdout.");
}); // all writer ends

API Documentation

MultiWriter implements interface of WritableStream.

See Node.js#Stream for WritableStream's API.

• MultiWriter.create(source, options)
• writer[name]

MultiWriter.create(obj, options)

Creates an instance of MultiWriter.

obj is the pairs of key - values to register child writable streams.

key is the name of a child writable stream.

value is one of the followings.

• filename (string) : filename to write.
• wstream (WritableStream) instance of WritableStream.

(Object) options is optional.

key	type	description	example
interval	integer	the interval to write data. default 0 (writes every time)	100

var mwriter = require('multiwriter').create({
  stdout: process.stdout,
  file1 : "file1",
  file2 : "file2"
}, {interval: 300 });

writer[name]

We can access child writable streams.

var mwriter = require('multiwriter').create({
  stdout: process.stdout,
  file1 : "file1",
  file2 : "file2"
}, {interval: 300 });

mwriter.file1.write("this is written only to file1");