1 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/realtime/rt/rt.py b/realtime/rt/rt.py
index f66d3a4d..7cc5bc10 100644
--- a/realtime/rt/rt.py
+++ b/realtime/rt/rt.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import collections
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
-import sys
+import StringIO
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import tempfile
 import threading
 import time
@@ -311,28 +312,46 @@ class RealtimeTranslator:
         os.remove(rm_grammar)
         lock.release()
 
-    def save_state(self, filename=None, ctx_name=None):
+    def save_state(self, file_or_stringio=None, ctx_name=None):
+        '''Write state (several lines terminated by EOF line) to file, buffer, or stdout'''
         lock = self.ctx_locks[ctx_name]
         lock.acquire()
         self.lazy_ctx(ctx_name)
         ctx_data = self.ctx_data[ctx_name]
-        out = open(filename, 'w') if filename else sys.stdout
+        # Filename, StringIO or None (stdout)
+        if file_or_stringio:
+            if isinstance(file_or_stringio, StringIO.StringIO):
+                out = file_or_stringio
+            else:
+                out = open(file_or_stringio, 'w')
+        else:
+            out = sys.stdout
         logger.info('({}) Saving state with {} sentences'.format(ctx_name, len(ctx_data)))
         out.write('{}\n'.format(self.decoders[ctx_name].decoder.get_weights()))
         for (source, target, alignment) in ctx_data:
             out.write('{} ||| {} ||| {}\n'.format(source, target, alignment))
         out.write('EOF\n')
-        if filename:
+        # Close if file
+        if file_or_stringio and not isinstance(file_or_stringio, StringIO.StringIO):
             out.close()
         lock.release()
 
-    def load_state(self, filename=None, ctx_name=None):
+    def load_state(self, file_or_stringio=None, ctx_name=None):
+        '''Load state (several lines terminated by EOF line) from file, buffer, or stdin.
+        Restarts context on any error.'''
         lock = self.ctx_locks[ctx_name]
         lock.acquire() 
         self.lazy_ctx(ctx_name)
         ctx_data = self.ctx_data[ctx_name]
         decoder = self.decoders[ctx_name]
-        input = open(filename) if filename else sys.stdin
+        # Filename, StringIO, or None (stdin)
+        if file_or_stringio:
+            if isinstance(file_or_stringio, StringIO.StringIO):
+                input = file_or_stringio.getvalue()
+            else:
+                input = open(file_or_stringio)
+        else:
+            input = sys.stdin
         # Non-initial load error
         if ctx_data:
             logger.info('({}) ERROR: Incremental data has already been added to context'.format(ctx_name))