2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb b/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb
index f3e55539a9..affac8fb9d 100644
--- a/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/event_dispatch/dispatcher.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ class Chef
         @subscribers << subscriber
       end
 
+      # Check to see if we are dispatching to a formatter
+      def formatter?
+        @subscribers.each do |s|
+          if s.class <= Chef::Formatters::Base && s.class != Chef::Formatters::NullFormatter
+            return true
+          end
+        end
+        false
+      end
+
       ####
       # All messages are unconditionally forwarded to all subscribers, so just
       # define the forwarding in one go:
diff --git a/lib/chef/event_dispatch/events_output_stream.rb b/lib/chef/event_dispatch/events_output_stream.rb
index 8de9b0fed1..d9c21642b7 100644
--- a/lib/chef/event_dispatch/events_output_stream.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/event_dispatch/events_output_stream.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ class Chef
         events.stream_output(self, str, options)
       end
 
+      def <<(str)
+        events.stream_output(self, str, options)
+      end
+
+      def write(str)
+        events.stream_output(self, str, options)
+      end
+
       def close
         events.stream_closed(self, options)
       end