cement.utils.test

Cement testing utilities.

class cement.utils.test.CementTestCase(*args, **kw)

Bases: unittest.case.TestCase

A sub-class of unittest.TestCase.

app_class

The test class that is used by self.make_app to create an app.

alias of TestApp

eq(a, b, msg=None)

Shorthand for ‘assert a == b, “%r != %r” % (a, b)’.

make_app(*args, **kw)

Create a generic app using TestApp. Arguments and Keyword Arguments are passed to the app.

ok(expr, msg=None)

Shorthand for assert.

reset_backend()

Remove all registered hooks and handlers from the backend.

setUp()

Sets up self.app with a generic TestApp(). Also resets the backend hooks and handlers so that everytime an app is created it is setup clean each time.

tearDown()

Tears down the test environment (if necessary), removes any temporary files/directories, etc.

class cement.utils.test.TestApp(label=None, **kw)

Bases: cement.core.foundation.CementApp

Basic CementApp for generic testing.

class cement.utils.test.raises

Test must raise one of expected exceptions to pass.

Example use:

@raises(TypeError, ValueError)
def test_raises_type_error():
    raise TypeError("This test passes")

@raises(Exception)
def test_that_fails_by_passing():
    pass

If you want to test many assertions about exceptions in a single test, you may want to use assert_raises instead.

cement.utils.test.ok(expr, msg=None)

Shorthand for assert. Saves 3 whole characters!

cement.utils.test.eq(a, b, msg=None)

Shorthand for ‘assert a == b, “%r != %r” % (a, b)