From 6c96e9e1739594f810a345ad212e430900326e28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Rosenfeld <alexrosenfeld10@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 07:33:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add a clear console function (#110)

---
 CliFx/Infrastructure/FakeConsole.cs   | 5 +++++
 CliFx/Infrastructure/IConsole.cs      | 5 +++++
 CliFx/Infrastructure/SystemConsole.cs | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CliFx/Infrastructure/FakeConsole.cs b/CliFx/Infrastructure/FakeConsole.cs
index b512478..9f21109 100644
--- a/CliFx/Infrastructure/FakeConsole.cs
+++ b/CliFx/Infrastructure/FakeConsole.cs
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ namespace CliFx.Infrastructure
                 _cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
             }
         }
+        
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void Clear()
+        {
+        }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public virtual void Dispose() => _cancellationTokenSource.Dispose();
diff --git a/CliFx/Infrastructure/IConsole.cs b/CliFx/Infrastructure/IConsole.cs
index f54150c..affe574 100644
--- a/CliFx/Infrastructure/IConsole.cs
+++ b/CliFx/Infrastructure/IConsole.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ namespace CliFx.Infrastructure
         /// </para>
         /// </remarks>
         CancellationToken RegisterCancellationHandler();
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clears the console buffer and corresponding console window of display information.
+        /// </summary>
+        void Clear();
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/CliFx/Infrastructure/SystemConsole.cs b/CliFx/Infrastructure/SystemConsole.cs
index 314c135..322feaf 100644
--- a/CliFx/Infrastructure/SystemConsole.cs
+++ b/CliFx/Infrastructure/SystemConsole.cs
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ namespace CliFx.Infrastructure
 
             return (_cancellationTokenSource = cts).Token;
         }
+        
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public void Clear() => Console.Clear();
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public void Dispose()