gramps/gramps/test/test_util.py
Benny Malengier 326d604365 GEPS 026: Replace 'make' for Gramps build
If we want to use Gramps from the code directory, src should be called gramps to allow import


svn: r20466
2012-09-30 11:55:52 +00:00

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#
# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
#
# Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Donald N. Allingham
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
#
# test/test_util.py
# $Id$
"""unittest support utility module"""
import os
import sys
import traceback
import tempfile
import shutil
import logging
# _caller_context is primarily here to support and document the process
# of determining the test-module's directory.
#
# NB: the traceback 0-element is 'limit'-levels back, or earliest calling
# context if that is less than limit.
# The -1 element is this very function; -2 is its caller, etc.
# A traceback context tuple is:
# (file, line, active function, text of the call-line)
def _caller_context():
"""Return context of first caller outside this module"""
lim = 5 # 1 for this function, plus futrher chain within this module
st = traceback.extract_stack(limit=lim)
thisfile = __file__.rstrip("co") # eg, in ".py[co]
while st and st[-1][0] == thisfile:
del(st[-1])
if not st:
raise TestError("Unexpected function call chain length!")
return st[-1]
# NB: tb[0] differs between running 'XYZ_test.py' and './XYZ_test.py'
# so, always take the abspath.
def _caller_dir():
"""Return directory of caller function (caller outside this module)"""
tb = _caller_context()
return os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(tb[0]))
class TestError(Exception):
"""Exception for use by test modules
Use this, for example, to distuinguish testing errors.
"""
def __init__(self, value):
self.value = value
def __str__(self):
return repr(self.value)
def msg(got, exp, msg, pfx=""):
"""Error-report message formatting utility
This improves unittest failure messages by showing data values
Usage:
assertEqual(got,exp, msg(got,exp,"mess" [,prefix])
The failure message will show as
[prefix: ] mess
.....got:repr(value-of-got)
expected:repr(value-of-exp)
"""
if pfx:
pfx += ": "
return "%s%s\n .....got:%r\n expected:%r" % (pfx, msg, got, exp)
def absdir(path=None):
"""Return absolute dir of the specified path
The path parm may be dir or file or missing.
If a file, the dir of the file is used.
If missing, the dir of test-module caller is used
Common usage is
here = absdir()
here = absdir(__file__)
These 2 return the same result
"""
if not path:
path = _caller_dir()
loc = os.path.abspath(path)
if os.path.isfile(loc):
loc = os.path.dirname(loc)
return loc
def path_append_parent(path=None):
"""Append (if required) the parent of a path to the python system path,
and return the abspath to the parent as a possible convenience
The path parm may be a dir or a file or missing.
If a file, the the dir of the file is used.
If missing the test-module caller's dir is used.
And then the parent of that dir is appended (if not already present)
Common usage is
path_append_parent()
path_append_parent(__file__)
These 2 produce the same result
"""
pdir = os.path.dirname(absdir(path))
if not pdir in sys.path:
sys.path.append(pdir)
return pdir
def make_subdir(dir, parent=None):
"""Make (if required) a subdir to a given parent and return its path
The parent parm may be dir or file or missing
If a file, the dir of the file us used
If missing, the test-module caller's dir is used
Then the subdir dir in the parent dir is created if not already present
"""
if not parent:
parent = _caller_dir()
sdir = os.path.join(parent,dir)
if not os.path.exists(sdir):
os.mkdir(sdir)
return sdir
def delete_tree(dir):
"""Recursively delete directory and content
WARNING: this is clearly dangerous
it will only operate on subdirs of the test module dir or of /tmp
Test writers may explicitly use shutil.rmtree if really needed
"""
if not os.path.isdir(dir):
raise TestError("%r is not a dir" % dir)
sdir = os.path.abspath(dir)
here = _caller_dir() + os.path.sep
tmp = tempfile.gettempdir() + os.path.sep
if not (sdir.startswith(here) or sdir.startswith(tmp)):
raise TestError("%r is not a subdir of here (%r) or %r"
% (dir, here, tmp))
shutil.rmtree(sdir)
# simplified logging
# gramps-independent but gramps-compatible
#
# I don't see any need to inherit from logging.Logger
# (at present, test code needs nothing fancy)
# but that might be considered for future needs
# NB: current code reflects limited expertise on the
# uses of the logging module
# ---------------------------------------------------------
class TestLogger():
"""this class mainly just encapsulates some globals
namely lfname, lfh for a file log name and handle
provides simplified logging setup for test modules
that need to setup logging for modules under test
(just instantiate a TestLogger to avoid error
messages about logging handlers not available)
There is also a simple logfile capability, to allow
test modules to capture gramps logging output
Note that existing logging will still occur, possibly
resulting in console messages and popup dialogs
"""
def __init__(self, lvl=logging.WARN):
logging.basicConfig(level=lvl)
def logfile_init(self, lfname):
"""init or re-init a logfile"""
if getattr(self, "lfh", None):
logging.getLogger().handlers.remove(self.lfh)
if os.path.isfile(lfname):
os.unlink(lfname)
self.lfh = logging.FileHandler(lfname)
logging.getLogger().addHandler(self.lfh)
self.lfname = lfname
def logfile_getlines(self):
"""get current content of logfile as list of lines"""
txt = []
if self.lfname and os.path.isfile(self.lfname):
txt = open(self.lfname).readlines()
return txt
#===eof===