You can now switch contexts of of objects in bulk

src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/__init__.py

@@ -39,7 +39,19 @@ def execute(args):
     else:
         patcher = recipe.Patcher(args["input"], ifc_file, logger, args["arguments"])
     patcher.patch()
-    return getattr(patcher, "file_patched", patcher.file)
+    output = getattr(patcher, "file_patched", patcher.file)
+    if isinstance(output, str):
+        with open(args["output"], "w") as text_file:
+            text_file.write(output)
+    return output
+
+
+def write(output, filepath):
+    if isinstance(output, str):
+        with open(filepath, "w") as text_file:
+            text_file.write(output)
+    else:
+        output.write(filepath)
 
 
 def extract_docs(

src/ifcpatch/ifcpatch/__main__.py

@@ -34,15 +34,11 @@ print("# Loading IFC file ...")
 args["input"] = ifcopenshell.open(args["input"])
 
 print("# Patching ...")
-ifc_file = ifcpatch.execute(args)
+output = ifcpatch.execute(args)
 
 print("# Writing patched file ...")
 if not args["output"]:
     args["output"] = args["input"]
-if isinstance(ifc_file, str):
-    with open(args["output"], "w") as text_file:
-        text_file.write(ifc_file)
-else:
-    ifc_file.write(args["output"])
+ifcpatch.write(output, args["output"])
 
 print("# All tasks are complete :-)")