def dump_model(self, fout, fmap='', with_stats=False, dump_format="text"):
        """
        Dump model into a text or JSON file.

        Parameters
        ----------
        fout : string
            Output file name.
        fmap : string, optional
            Name of the file containing feature map names.
        with_stats : bool, optional
            Controls whether the split statistics are output.
        dump_format : string, optional
            Format of model dump file. Can be 'text' or 'json'.
        """
        if isinstance(fout, STRING_TYPES):
            fout = open(fout, 'w')
            need_close = True
        else:
            need_close = False
        ret = self.get_dump(fmap, with_stats, dump_format)
        if dump_format == 'json':
            fout.write('[\n')
            for i, _ in enumerate(ret):
                fout.write(ret[i])
                if i < len(ret) - 1:
                    fout.write(",\n")
            fout.write('\n]')
        else:
            for i, _ in enumerate(ret):
                fout.write('booster[{}]:\n'.format(i))
                fout.write(ret[i])
        if need_close:
            fout.close()
Dump model into a text or JSON file.

        Parameters
        ----------
        fout : string
            Output file name.
        fmap : string, optional
            Name of the file containing feature map names.
        with_stats : bool, optional
            Controls whether the split statistics are output.
        dump_format : string, optional
            Format of model dump file. Can be 'text' or 'json'.