TestCase Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for TestCase:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
def	setUp
def	tearDown
def	countTestCases
def	defaultTestResult
def	shortDescription
def	id
def	__str__
def	__repr__
def	run
def	__call__
def	debug
def	fail
def	failIf
def	failUnless
def	failUnlessRaises
def	failUnlessEqual
def	failIfEqual

Static Public Attributes
	failureException = AssertionError
	assertEqual = failUnlessEqual
	assertNotEqual = failIfEqual
	assertRaises = failUnlessRaises
	assert_ = failUnless

Detailed Description

A class whose instances are single test cases.

By default, the test code itself should be placed in a method named
'runTest'.

If the fixture may be used for many test cases, create as
many test methods as are needed. When instantiating such a TestCase
subclass, specify in the constructor arguments the name of the test method
that the instance is to execute.

Test authors should subclass TestCase for their own tests. Construction
and deconstruction of the test's environment ('fixture') can be
implemented by overriding the 'setUp' and 'tearDown' methods respectively.

If it is necessary to override the __init__ method, the base class
__init__ method must always be called. It is important that subclasses
should not change the signature of their __init__ method, since instances
of the classes are instantiated automatically by parts of the framework
in order to be run.

Definition at line 120 of file unittest.py.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def __init__	(		self,
			methodName = 'runTest'
	)

Create an instance of the class that will use the named test
   method when executed. Raises a ValueError if the instance does
   not have a method with the specified name.

Definition at line 148 of file unittest.py.

References SymbolTable.__class__, TestCase.__testMethodDoc, and TestCase.__testMethodName.

    def __init__(self, methodName='runTest'):
        """Create an instance of the class that will use the named test
           method when executed. Raises a ValueError if the instance does
           not have a method with the specified name.
        """
        try:
            self.__testMethodName = methodName
            testMethod = getattr(self, methodName)
            self.__testMethodDoc = testMethod.__doc__
        except AttributeError:
            raise ValueError, "no such test method in %s: %s" % \
                  (self.__class__, methodName)