API Reference

The virtuous test runner.

virtue.loaders

Loaders take a named test case and load the test appropriately.

class virtue.loaders.AttributeLoader(cls: type, attribute: str)

I load a test case by instantiating a class with a given attribute name.

This is the typical way that unittest.TestCase methods are loaded: by calling TestCase("test_something") (and then by calling run() on the resulting instance to run the selected test method).

cls: type

attribute: str

load()

Load as a single test.

class virtue.loaders.ModuleLoader(locator: ObjectLocator, module: twisted.python.modules.PythonModule)

I load a test case by locating tests in the module with the given name.

locator: ObjectLocator

module: twisted.python.modules.PythonModule

load()

Load all test cases in the module.

virtue.locators

Loaders find tests which are referenced by names, preparing them for running.

exception virtue.locators.UnableToLoad

A test couldn’t be loaded.

virtue.locators.prefixed_by(prefix)

Make a callable returning True for names starting with the given prefix.

The returned callable takes two arguments, the attribute or name of the object, and possibly its corresponding value (which is ignored), as suitable for use with ObjectLocator.is_test_module and ObjectLocator.is_test_method.

virtue.locators.inherits_from_TestCase(attr, cls)

Return true if a class inherits from unittest.TestCase.

class virtue.locators.ObjectLocator(is_test_method=<function prefixed_by.<locals>.prefixed_by_>, is_test_class=<function inherits_from_TestCase>, is_test_module=<function prefixed_by.<locals>.prefixed_by_>)

I locate test cases on an object: a package, module or test class.

Parameters:

• is_test_method (collections.abc.Callable) – decide whether the provided object is a test method or not. By default, callable objects whose names (__name__``s) start with ``test_ are considered test methods.

• is_test_class (collections.abc.Callable) – decide whether the provided object is a test class or not. By default, objects inheriting from unittest.TestCase are considered test cases.

• is_test_module (collections.abc.Callable) – decide whether the provided object is a test module or not. By default, modules whose names start with test_ are considered to be test modules.

is_test_method

Whether an object is a test method or not

is_test_class

Whether an object is a test class or not

is_test_module

Whether an object is a test module or not

locate_by_name(name)

Locate any tests found in the object referred to by the given name.

The name should be a fully qualified object name. (E.g., the fully qualified object name of this function is virtue.locators.ObjectLocator.locate_by_name).

A path may also alternatively used, but no PYTHONPATH modification will be done, so the file must be importable without modification.

locate_in(obj)

Attempt to locate the test cases in the given object (of any kind).

locate_in_package(package)

Locate all of the test cases contained in the given package.

locate_in_module(module)

Locate all of the test cases contained in the given module.

locate_in_class(cls)

Locate the methods on the given class that are test cases.

virtue.reporters

Outputting and reporting for virtuous test runs.

class virtue.reporters.Outputter(colored=True, indent='  ', line_width=120)

An outputter converts test results to renderable strings.

FAILED = 'FAILED'

PASSED = 'PASSED'

ERROR = '[ERROR]'

FAIL = '[FAIL]'

OK = '[OK]'

SKIPPED = '[SKIPPED]'

EXPECTED_FAILURE = '[XFAIL]'

UNEXPECTED_SUCCESS = '[UNEXPECTED SUCCESS]'

run_started()

Output nothing.

run_stopped(recorder, runtime)

Output all the messages stored for later, as well as a final summary.

test_started(test)

Output the test name.

test_stopped(test)

Output nothing.

test_errored(test, exc_info)

Output an error.

test_failed(test, exc_info)

Output a failure.

test_skipped(test, reason)

Output a skip.

test_expectedly_failed(test, exc_info)

Output an expected failure.

test_unexpectedly_succeeded(test)

Output an unexpected success.

test_succeeded(test)

Output a success.

subtest_succeeded(test, subtest)

Output nothing.

subtest_failed(test, subtest, exc_info)

Output a failed subtest.

subtest_errored(test, subtest, exc_info)

Output an errored subtest.

class virtue.reporters.Counter(errors: int = 0, failures: int = 0, expected_failures: int = 0, unexpected_successes: int = 0, successes: int = 0, subtest_successes: int = 0, subtest_failures: int = 0, subtest_errors: int = 0)

A counter is a recorder that does not hold references to tests it sees.

errors: int

failures: int

expected_failures: int

unexpected_successes: int

successes: int

subtest_successes: int

subtest_failures: int

subtest_errors: int

shouldStop = False

property count

Return a total count of all tests.

property testsRun

Return a total count of all tests.

startTest(test)

stopTest(test)

addError(test, exc_info)

addFailure(test, exc_info)

addExpectedFailure(*args, **kwargs)

addUnexpectedSuccess(test)

addSuccess(test)

addDuration(test, elapsed)

addSubTest(test, subtest, outcome)

class virtue.reporters.Recorder(errors: PVector = pvector([]), failures: PVector = pvector([]), skips: PVector = pvector([]), successes: PVector = pvector([]), expected_failures: PVector = pvector([]), unexpected_successes: PVector = pvector([]), subtest_successes: PMap = pmap({}), subtest_failures: PMap = pmap({}), subtest_errors: PMap = pmap({}))

Record test results for later inspection.

errors: PVector

failures: PVector

skips: PVector

successes: PVector

expected_failures: PVector

unexpected_successes: PVector

subtest_successes: PMap

subtest_failures: PMap

subtest_errors: PMap

shouldStop = False

property testsRun

property subtests

startTestRun()

stopTestRun()

startTest(test)

stopTest(test)

addError(test, exc_info)

addFailure(test, exc_info)

addExpectedFailure(test, exc_info)

addSkip(test, reason)

addUnexpectedSuccess(test)

addSuccess(test)

addDuration(test, elapsed)

addSubTest(test, subtest, outcome)

wasSuccessful()

class virtue.reporters.ComponentizedReporter(outputter: ~virtue.reporters.Outputter = _Nothing.NOTHING, recorder=_Nothing.NOTHING, stream=<_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdout>' mode='w' encoding='utf-8'>, time=<built-in function time>)

Combine together outputting and recording capabilities.

outputter: Outputter

failfast = False

shouldStop = False

property testsRun

startTestRun()

stopTestRun()

startTest(test)

stopTest(test)

addError(test, exc_info)

addFailure(test, exc_info)

addSkip(test, reason)

addExpectedFailure(test, exc_info)

addUnexpectedSuccess(test)

addSuccess(test)

addDuration(test, elapsed)

addSubTest(test, subtest, outcome)

wasSuccessful()

virtue.runner

Runners execute loaded tests.

virtue.runner.run(tests=(), reporter=None, stop_after=None)

Run the tests that are loaded by each of the strings provided.

Parameters:

• tests (collections.abc.Iterable) – the collection of tests (specified as str s) to run

• reporter (twisted.trial.itrial.IReporter) – a reporter to use for the run. If unprovided, the default is to return a virtue.reporters.Counter (which produces no output).

• stop_after (int) – a number of non-successful tests to allow before stopping the run.