vutils-testing 2.0.1

Description:

vutilstesting 2.0.1

vutils-testing: Auxiliary Library for Writing Tests
This package provides a set of tools that help with writing tests. It helps
with creating test data and types, mocking objects, patching, and verifying
test results.
Installation
To install the package, type
$ pip install vutils-testing

How to Use
For more details, please follow the subsections below.
Type Factories
Sometimes tests require new types to be defined. To do this,
vutils.testing.utils provides make_type function, which is a wrapper of
type:
# Create type derived directly from object:
my_type = make_type("MyType")

# Create class derived directly from Exception:
my_error = make_type("MyError", Exception)

# Create class derived from A and B:
my_class = make_type("MyClass", (A, B))

# Create class derived from A with foo member:
my_another_class = make_type("MyAnotherClass", A, {"foo": 42})

# Create class derived from object with foo member:
my_test_class = make_type("MyTestClass", members={"foo": 42})

# Key-value arguments other than bases and members are passed to
# __init_subclass__:
my_fourth_class = make_type("MyFourthClass", bases=A, foo=42)

Mocking Objects and Patching
make_mock, make_callable, and PatcherFactory from vutils.testing.mock
allow to create mock objects and patching things.
make_mock(*args, **kwargs) is a shortcut for unittest.mock.Mock
make_callable(x) creates also instance of unittest.mock.Mock, but it
specifies its function-related behavior: if x is callable, it is used to do a
side-effect, otherwise it is used as the return value.
# func_a() returns 3
func_a = make_callable(3)

container = []

# func_b() appends 42 to container
func_b = make_callable(lambda *x, **y: container.append(42))

# func_c() returns func_b
func_c = make_callable(lambda *x, **y: func_b)

PatcherFactory allows to use unittest.mock.patch multiple-times without
need of nested with statements. When instantiated, setup method is called.
setup method, implemented in the subclass, then may define set of patcher
specifications via add_spec method:
class MyPatcher(PatcherFactory):

@staticmethod
def setup_foo(mock):
mock.foo = "foo"

@staticmethod
def setup_baz(baz):
baz["quux"] = 42

def setup(self):
self.baz = {}
# When self.patch() is called:
# - create a mock object, apply setup_foo on it, and patch foopkg.foo
# with it:
self.add_spec("foopkg.foo", self.setup_foo)
# - patch foopkg.bar with 42:
self.add_spec("foopkg.bar", new=42)
# - apply setup_baz on baz and patch foopkg.baz with it (create=True
# and other possible key-value arguments are passed to
# unittest.mock.patch):
self.add_spec("foopkg.baz", self.setup_baz, new=self.baz, create=True)

patcher = MyPatcher()

with patcher.patch():
# Patches are applied in order as specified by add_spec and reverted in
# reverse order.
do_something()

Deferred Instance Initialization
Patching may take no effect if the patched object appears in constructor and
this constructor is called outside of patcher context. LazyInstance from
vutils.testing.utils can defer initialization up to the time of method call:
class StderrWriter:
def __init__(self):
self.stream = sys.stderr

def write(self, text):
self.stream.write(text)

class StderrPatcher(PatcherFactory):
def setup(self):
self.stream = io.StringIO
self.add_spec("sys.stderr", new=self.stream)

class MyTestCase(TestCase):
def test_deferred_initialization(self):
writerA = StderrWriter()
writerB = LazyInstance(StderrWriter).create()
patcher = StderrPatcher()

# Patch sys.stderr:
with patcher.patch():
# Write Hello! to standard error output:
writerA.write("Hello!\n")
# Write Hi! to StringIO instance:
writerB.write("Hi!\n")

Deferred assertRaises
Sometimes there are callable objects with a very similar prototypes and
behavior so they can be run and checked with one universal function. However,
if one of them raises an exception under specific circumstances, this must be
also handled by the universal function, which adds to its complexity. For this
reason, vutils.testing.utils introduces AssertRaises class which wraps
exception raising assertions:
class FooError(Exception):
detail = "foo"

def func_a(obj):
obj.foo = 42

def func_b(obj):
func_a(obj)
raise FooError()

def Foo(TestCase):
def run_and_check(self, func):
obj = make_mock()
func(obj)
self.assertEqual(obj.foo, 42)

def test_func(self):
wfunc_b = AssertRaises(self, func_b, FooError)

self.run_and_check(func_a)
# Catch and store FooError:
self.run_and_check(wfunc_b)
# Check the caught exception:
self.assertEqual(wfunc_b.get_exception().detail, "foo")

Enhanced TestCase
Module vutils.testing.testcase provides TestCase which is a subclass of
unittest.TestCase extended about these methods:

assert_called_with - assert that the mock object has been called once with
the specified arguments and then reset it:
class ExampleTestCase(TestCase):
def test_assert_called_with(self):
mock = make_mock(["foo"])

mock.foo(1, 2, bar=3)
self.assert_called_with(mock, 1, 2, bar=3)

mock.foo(4)
self.assert_called_with(mock, 4)


assert_not_called - assert that the mock object has not been called:
class ExampleTestCase(TestCase):
def test_assert_not_called(self):
mock = make_mock(["foo"])

self.assert_not_called(mock.foo)