From 6894033f8dd9ed4f370c8c2d03fa791e0b4cddd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomasz Kramkowski <tk@the-tk.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 22:35:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] lineparser: Add clear() method.

The lineparser clear method, implemented for all lineparser subclasses,
clears the underlying file and also empties any lineparser data
structures.
---
 qutebrowser/misc/lineparser.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qutebrowser/misc/lineparser.py b/qutebrowser/misc/lineparser.py
index fd8ef2589..59eba66e0 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/misc/lineparser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/misc/lineparser.py
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ class BaseLineParser(QObject):
         """Save the history to disk."""
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def clear(self):
+        """Clear the contents of the file."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
 
 class AppendLineParser(BaseLineParser):
 
@@ -183,6 +187,15 @@ class AppendLineParser(BaseLineParser):
         self.new_data = []
         self._after_save()
 
+    def clear(self):
+        do_save = self._prepare_save()
+        if not do_save:
+            return
+        with self._open('w') as f:
+            pass
+        self.new_data = []
+        self._after_save()
+
 
 class LineParser(BaseLineParser):
 
@@ -237,6 +250,9 @@ class LineParser(BaseLineParser):
             self._opened = False
         self._after_save()
 
+    def clear(self):
+        self.data = []
+        self.save()
 
 class LimitLineParser(LineParser):
 
@@ -289,3 +305,7 @@ class LimitLineParser(LineParser):
         with qtutils.savefile_open(self._configfile, self._binary) as f:
             self._write(f, self.data[-limit:])
         self._after_save()
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.data = []
+        self.save()