Sardana test API

Macro test API

Classes

BaseMacroExecutor MacroExecutorFactory

BaseMacroTestCase RunMacroTestCase

RunStopMacroTestCase SarDemoEnv

Decorator

@macroTest(klass=None, helper_name=None, test_method_name=None, test_method_doc=None, **helper_kwargs)

This decorator is an specialization of taurus.test.insertTest for macro testing. It inserts test methods from a helper method that may accept arguments.

macroTest provides a very economic API for creating new tests for a given macro based on a helper method.

macroTest accepts the following arguments:

• helper_name (str): the name of the helper method. macroTest will

  insert a test method which calls the helper with any the helper_kwargs (see below).

• test_method_name (str): Optional. Name of the test method to be used.

  If None given, one will be generated from the macro and helper names.

• test_method_doc (str): The docstring for the inserted test method

  (this shows in the unit test output). If None given, a default one is generated which includes the input parameters and the helper name.

• **helper_kwargs: All remaining keyword arguments are passed to the

  helper.

macroTest can work with the macro_name class member

This decorator can be considered a “base” decorator. It is often used to create other decorators in which the helper method is pre-set. Some of them are already provided in this module:

• testRun() is equivalent to macroTest with helper_name=’macro_runs’

• testStop() is equivalent to macroTest with helper_name=’macro_stops’

• testFail() is equivalent to macroTest with helper_name=’macro_fails’

The advantage of using the decorators compared to writing the test methods directly is that the helper method can get keyword arguments and therefore avoid duplication of code for very similar tests (think, e.g. on writing similar tests for various sets of macro input parameters):

Consider the following code written using the RunMacroTestCase.macro_runs() helper:

class FooTest(RunMacroTestCase, unittest.TestCase)
    macro_name = twice

    def test_foo_runs_with_input_2(self):
        '''test that twice(2) runs'''
        self.macro_runs(macro_params=['2'])

    def test_foo_runs_with_input_minus_1(self):
        '''test that twice(2) runs'''
        self.macro_runs(macro_params=['-1'])

The equivalent code could be written as:

@macroTest(helper_name='macro_runs', macro_params=['2'])
@macroTest(helper_name='macro_runs', macro_params=['-1'])
class FooTest(RunMacroTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
    macro_name = 'twice'

Or, even better, using the specialized testRun decorator:

@testRun(macro_params=['2'])
@testRun(macro_params=['-1'])
class FooTest(RunMacroTestCase, unittest.TestCase):
    macro_name = 'twice'

See also

taurus.test.insertTest

BaseMacroExecutor

class BaseMacroExecutor

Abstract MacroExecutor class. Inherit from it if you want to create your own macro executor.

log_levels = ['debug', 'output', 'info', 'warning', 'critical', 'error']

run(macro_name, macro_params=None, sync=True, timeout=None)

Execute macro.

Parameters:

• macro_name – (string) name of macro to be executed

• macro_params – (list<string>) macro parameters (default is macro_params=None for macros without parameters or with the default values)

• sync – (bool) whether synchronous or asynchronous call (default is sync=True)

• timeout –

  (float) timeout (in s) that will be passed to the wait

  method, in case of synchronous execution; None means wait infinitely

  In asyncrhonous execution method wait() has to be explicitly called.

wait(timeout=None)

Wait until macro is done. Use it in asynchronous executions.

Parameters:

timeout – (float) waiting timeout (in s); None means wait infinitely

stop(started_event_timeout=3.0)

Stop macro execution. Execute macro in synchronous way before using this method.

Parameters:

started_event_timeout – (float) waiting timeout for started event

registerLog(log_level)

Start registering log messages.

Parameters:

log_level – (str) string indicating the log level

unregisterLog(log_level)

Stop registering log messages.

Parameters:

log_level – (str) string indicating the log level

getLog(log_level)

Get log messages.

Parameters:

log_level – (str) string indicating the log level

Returns:

(seq<str>) list of strings with log messages

registerAll()

Register for macro result, all log levels and common buffer.

unregisterAll()

Unregister macro result, all log levels and common buffer.

registerResult()

Register for macro result

unregisterResult()

Unregister macro result.

getResult()

Get macro result.

Returns:

(seq<str>) list of strings with Result messages

createCommonBuffer()

Create a common buffer, where all the registered logs will be stored.

getCommonBuffer()

Get common buffer.

Method getCommonBuffer can only be used if at least one buffer exists.

Returns:

(seq<str>) list of strings with messages from all log levels

See also

createCommonBuffer()

getState()

Get macro execution state.

Returns:

(str)

getStateBuffer()

Get buffer (history) of macro execution states.

Returns:

(seq<str>)

getExceptionStr()

Get macro exception type representation (None if the macro state is not exception).

Returns:

(str)

MacroExecutorFactory

class MacroExecutorFactory(*p, **k)

A scheme-agnostic factory for MacroExecutor instances

Example:

f =  MacroExecutorFactory()
f.getMacroExecutor('tango://my/door/name') #returns a TangoMacroExecutor

Note: For the moment, only TangoMacroExecutor is supported

getMacroExecutor(door_name=None)

Returns a macro executor instance (a subclass of BaseMacroExecutor) depending on the door being used.

init(*p, **k)

BaseMacroTestCase

class BaseMacroTestCase

An abstract class for macro testing. BaseMacroTestCase will provide a macro_executor member which is an instance of BaseMacroExecutor and which can be used to run a macro.

To use it, simply inherit from BaseMacroTestCase and unittest.TestCase and provide the following class members:

• macro_name (string) name of the macro to be tested

• door_name (string) name of the door where the macro will be executed.

  This is optional. If not set, sardanacustomsettings.UNITTEST_DOOR_NAME is used

Then you may define test methods.

macro_name = None

door_name = 'door/demo1/1'

setUp()

A macro_executor instance must be created

tearDown()

The macro_executor instance must be removed

RunMacroTestCase

class RunMacroTestCase

A base class for testing execution of arbitrary Sardana macros. See BaseMacroTestCase for requirements.

It provides the following helper methods:

• macro_runs()

• macro_fails()

assertFinished(msg)

Asserts that macro has finished.

setUp()

Preconditions: - Those from BaseMacroTestCase - the macro executor registers to all the log levels

macro_runs(macro_name=None, macro_params=None, wait_timeout=None, data=0)

A helper method to create tests that check if the macro can be successfully executed for the given input parameters. It may also optionally perform checks on the outputs from the execution.

Parameters:

• macro_name – (str) macro name (takes precedence over macro_name class member)

• macro_params – (seq<str>): parameters for running the macro. If passed, they must be given as a sequence of their string representations.

• wait_timeout – (float) maximum allowed time (in s) for the macro to finish. By default infinite timeout is used (None).

• data – (obj) Optional. If passed, the macro data after the execution is tested to be equal to this.

macro_fails(macro_name=None, macro_params=None, wait_timeout=None, exception=None)

Check that the macro fails to run for the given input parameters

Parameters:

• macro_name – (str) macro name (takes precedence over macro_name class member)

• macro_params – (seq<str>) input parameters for the macro

• wait_timeout – maximum allowed time for the macro to fail. By default infinite timeout (None) is used.

• exception – (str or Exception) if given, an additional check of the type of the exception is done. (IMPORTANT: this is just a comparison of str representations of exception objects)

door_name = 'door/demo1/1'

macro_name = None

tearDown()

The macro_executor instance must be removed

RunStopMacroTestCase

class RunStopMacroTestCase

This is an extension of RunMacroTestCase to include helpers for testing the abort process of a macro. Useful for Runnable and Stopable macros.

It provides the macro_stops() helper

assertStopped(msg)

Asserts that macro was stopped

macro_stops(macro_name=None, macro_params=None, stop_delay=0.1, wait_timeout=None)

A helper method to create tests that check if the macro can be successfully stoped (a.k.a. aborted) after it has been launched.

Parameters:

• macro_name – (str) macro name (takes precedence over macro_name class member)

• macro_params – (seq<str>): parameters for running the macro. If passed, they must be given as a sequence of their string representations.

• stop_delay – (float) Time (in s) to wait between launching the macro and sending the stop command. default=0.1

• wait_timeout – (float) maximum allowed time (in s) for the macro to finish. By default infinite timeout (None) is used.

assertFinished(msg)

Asserts that macro has finished.

door_name = 'door/demo1/1'

macro_fails(macro_name=None, macro_params=None, wait_timeout=None, exception=None)

Check that the macro fails to run for the given input parameters

Parameters:

• macro_name – (str) macro name (takes precedence over macro_name class member)

• macro_params – (seq<str>) input parameters for the macro

• wait_timeout – maximum allowed time for the macro to fail. By default infinite timeout (None) is used.

• exception – (str or Exception) if given, an additional check of the type of the exception is done. (IMPORTANT: this is just a comparison of str representations of exception objects)

macro_name = None

macro_runs(macro_name=None, macro_params=None, wait_timeout=None, data=0)

A helper method to create tests that check if the macro can be successfully executed for the given input parameters. It may also optionally perform checks on the outputs from the execution.

Parameters:

• macro_name – (str) macro name (takes precedence over macro_name class member)

• macro_params – (seq<str>): parameters for running the macro. If passed, they must be given as a sequence of their string representations.

• wait_timeout – (float) maximum allowed time (in s) for the macro to finish. By default infinite timeout is used (None).

• data – (obj) Optional. If passed, the macro data after the execution is tested to be equal to this.

setUp()

Preconditions: - Those from BaseMacroTestCase - the macro executor registers to all the log levels

tearDown()

The macro_executor instance must be removed

SarDemoEnv

class SarDemoEnv(*p, **k)

Class to get _SAR_DEMO environment variable with cross checking with the MacroServer (given by UNITTEST_DOOR_NAME)

ready = False

init(door_name=None)

getElements(elem_type='all')

Return the name of sardemo element(s) of given elem type

Parameters:

elem_type – (str) type of elemnts to return (all by default)

Returns:

(list<str>)

getMoveables()

Return the name of moveable(s) defined by SarDemo

Returns:

(list<str>)

getControllers()

Return the name of controllers(s) defined by SarDemo

Returns:

(list<str>)

getCTs()

Return the name of counter timer exp channel(s) defined by SarDemo

Returns:

(list<str>)

getMotors()

Return the name of motor(s) defined by SarDemo

Returns:

(list<str>)

getPseudoMotors()

Return the name of pseudomotor(s) defined by SarDemo

Returns:

(list<str>)

getZerods()

Return the name of zerod exp channel(s) defined by SarDemo

Returns:

(list<str>)

getOneds()

Return the name of one exp channel(s) defined by SarDemo

Returns:

(list<str>)

getTwods()

Return the name of two exp channel(s) defined by SarDemo

Returns:

(list<str>)

changeDoor(door_name)

Change the door name and reset all lists