I want to apply TDD (test driven development) on my project. I am
working on a class like this (in plan):
# file: myclass.py
import _extmod
class MyClass(object) :
def __init__(self):
self.handle = _extmod.open()
def __del__(self):
_extmod.close(s elf.handle)
def some_stuff(self ):
_extmod.foobar( self.handle)
...
As you see, it is an OO wrapper on _extmod, which is a pyrex extension
module. The question is: how to unittest this class? As the _extmod
is hardware-dependent, I want to use a mock class to replace it in unit
test. But how can I let myclass in unittest to import the mock class?
Like the following:
class MyClassTest(uni ttest.TestCase) :
def setUp(self):
import myclass
import mocklib
myclass.change_ extmod(mocklib. MockExtMod())
self.testobj = myclass.MyClass () # here MyClass.__init_ _ will
call the open
# method of MockExtMod class
instead of
# _extmod.open()
...
How to implement the change_extmod? (Or maybe my idea is totally
wrong?) 3 1792
* "Qiangning Hong" <ho****@gmail.c om> wrote: I want to apply TDD (test driven development) on my project. I am working on a class like this (in plan):
# file: myclass.py import _extmod
class MyClass(object) : def __init__(self): self.handle = _extmod.open()
def __del__(self): _extmod.close(s elf.handle)
def some_stuff(self ): _extmod.foobar( self.handle)
...
As you see, it is an OO wrapper on _extmod, which is a pyrex extension module. The question is: how to unittest this class? As the _extmod is hardware-dependent, I want to use a mock class to replace it in unit test. But how can I let myclass in unittest to import the mock class?
You need to design for testability, meaning in this case, that your class could
to do something like this:
class MyClass(object) :
def __init__(self):
self._loadExtmo d()
self.handle = self._extmod.op en()
def __del__(self):
self._extmod.cl ose(self.handle )
def _loadExtmod(sel f):
import _extmod
self._extmod = extmod
def some_stuff(self ):
self._extmod.fo obar(self.handl e)
Now just overload _loadExtmod and provide the mock class there.
HTH, nd
Qiangning Hong wrote: As you see, it is an OO wrapper on _extmod, which is a pyrex extension module. The question is: how to unittest this class? As the _extmod is hardware-dependent, I want to use a mock class to replace it in unit test. But how can I let myclass in unittest to import the mock class? Like the following:
class MyClassTest(uni ttest.TestCase) : def setUp(self): import myclass import mocklib myclass.change_ extmod(mocklib. MockExtMod()) self.testobj = myclass.MyClass () # here MyClass.__init_ _ will call the open # method of MockExtMod class instead of # _extmod.open() ...
How to implement the change_extmod? (Or maybe my idea is totally wrong?)
One way is simply to do:
def setUp(self):
import myclass
self.real_extmo d = myclass._extmod
myclass._extmod = mocklib.MockExt Mod()
self.testobj = myclass.MyClass ()
def tearDown(self):
import myclass
if hasattr(self, testobj):
del self.testobj
myclass._extmod = self.real_extmo d
This can be less intrusive than passing the mock object to a constructor,
but it depends very much on the way the objects are used: changing global
state for a unit test is a risky business, for example if an exception is
thrown then tearDown would be called *before* your __del__ method is
invoked. You can work round this by ensuring that the _extmod value is
saved in your instance but that takes you pretty much back to André Malo's
suggestion.
BTW, accessing a global variable from a __del__ method is a bad idea
generally: there is no guarantee that the global variable will still be set
if __del__ is called during program exit.
Duncan Booth wrote: Qiangning Hong wrote:
As you see, it is an OO wrapper on _extmod, which is a pyrex extension module. The question is: how to unittest this class? As the _extmod is hardware-dependent, I want to use a mock class to replace it in unit test. But how can I let myclass in unittest to import the mock class? Like the following:
Given: # file: myclass.py import _extmod class MyClass(object) : def __init__(self): self.handle = _extmod.open() ...
One other way to do your unit test stuff is:
# file: test_myclass.py
import sys, bogus_extmod # First, get the fake hardware
sys.modules['_extmod'] = bogus_extmod # then make that active
import myclass, unittest # and now do all you normally would do
...
class SimplestTests(u nittest.TestCas e):
...
Note that the "module switch" must happen very early (probably at
the top of the main program).
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