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+(*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *)
+
+unit ConsoleHelper;
+
+interface
+
+uses Classes;
+
+type
+  TThriftConsole = class
+  public
+    procedure Write( const S: string); virtual;
+    procedure WriteLine( const S: string); virtual;
+  end;
+
+  TGUIConsole = class( TThriftConsole )
+  private
+    FLineBreak : Boolean;
+    FMemo : TStrings;
+
+    procedure InternalWrite( const S: string; bWriteLine: Boolean);
+  public
+    procedure Write( const S: string); override;
+    procedure WriteLine( const S: string); override;
+    constructor Create( AMemo: TStrings);
+  end;
+
+function Console: TThriftConsole;
+procedure ChangeConsole( AConsole: TThriftConsole );
+procedure RestoreConsoleToDefault;
+
+implementation
+
+var
+  FDefaultConsole : TThriftConsole;
+  FConsole : TThriftConsole;
+
+function Console: TThriftConsole;
+begin
+  Result := FConsole;
+end;
+
+{ TThriftConsole }
+
+procedure TThriftConsole.Write(const S: string);
+begin
+  System.Write( S );
+end;
+
+procedure TThriftConsole.WriteLine(const S: string);
+begin
+  System.Writeln( S );
+end;
+
+procedure ChangeConsole( AConsole: TThriftConsole );
+begin
+  FConsole := AConsole;
+end;
+
+procedure RestoreConsoleToDefault;
+begin
+  FConsole := FDefaultConsole;
+end;
+
+{ TGUIConsole }
+
+constructor TGUIConsole.Create( AMemo: TStrings);
+begin
+  inherited Create;
+  FMemo := AMemo;
+  FLineBreak := True;
+end;
+
+procedure TGUIConsole.InternalWrite(const S: string; bWriteLine: Boolean);
+var
+  idx : Integer;
+begin
+  if FLineBreak then
+  begin
+    FMemo.Add( S );
+  end else
+  begin
+    idx := FMemo.Count - 1;
+    if idx < 0 then
+      FMemo.Add( S )
+    else
+      FMemo[idx] := FMemo[idx] + S;
+  end;
+  FLineBreak := bWriteLine;
+end;
+
+procedure TGUIConsole.Write(const S: string);
+begin
+  InternalWrite( S, False);
+end;
+
+procedure TGUIConsole.WriteLine(const S: string);
+begin
+  InternalWrite( S, True);
+end;
+
+initialization
+begin
+  FDefaultConsole := TThriftConsole.Create;
+  FConsole := FDefaultConsole;
+end;
+
+finalization
+begin
+  FDefaultConsole.Free;
+end;
+
+end.
+
+