From 15fd302bcfd1519b3ea141a71deba0b864204765 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MH2033 <5557100+MH2033@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:52:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Expose the flush method

---
 can/io/blf.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/can/io/blf.py b/can/io/blf.py
index fe3188c28..2c2d79a1e 100644
--- a/can/io/blf.py
+++ b/can/io/blf.py
@@ -660,9 +660,9 @@ def _add_object(self, obj_type, data, timestamp=None):
         self._buffer_size += obj_size + padding_size
         self.object_count += 1
         if self._buffer_size >= self.max_container_size:
-            self._flush()
+            self.flush()
 
-    def _flush(self):
+    def flush(self):
         """Compresses and writes data in the buffer to file."""
         if self.file.closed:
             return
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ def file_size(self) -> int:
 
     def stop(self):
         """Stops logging and closes the file."""
-        self._flush()
+        self.flush()
         if self.file.seekable():
             filesize = self.file.tell()
             # Write header in the beginning of the file