parameters: (self)
return_statement: return self._buffer.getvalue()
docstring: This exists to maintain backwards compatibility when this class
          used the StringIO class directly.
docstring_summary: This exists to maintain backwards compatibility when this class
          used the StringIO class directly.
docstring_tokens: This exists to maintain backwards compatibility when this class used the StringIO class directly .
function: def getvalue(self):
          '''This exists to maintain backwards compatibility when this class
          used the StringIO class directly.'''
          return self._buffer.getvalue()
function_tokens: def getvalue ( self ) : return self . _buffer . getvalue ( )