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1# Copyright (C) 2010 Chris Jerdonek (cjerdonek@webkit.org)
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22
23"""Supports the unit-testing of logging code.
24
25Provides support for unit-testing messages logged using the built-in
26logging module.
27
28Inherit from the LoggingTestCase class for basic testing needs.  For
29more advanced needs (e.g. unit-testing methods that configure logging),
30see the TestLogStream class, and perhaps also the LogTesting class.
31
32"""
33
34import logging
35import unittest
36
37
38class TestLogStream(object):
39
40    """Represents a file-like object for unit-testing logging.
41
42    This is meant for passing to the logging.StreamHandler constructor.
43    Log messages captured by instances of this object can be tested
44    using self.assertMessages() below.
45
46    """
47
48    def __init__(self, test_case):
49        """Create an instance.
50
51        Args:
52          test_case: A unittest.TestCase instance.
53
54        """
55        self._test_case = test_case
56        self.messages = []
57        """A list of log messages written to the stream."""
58
59    # Python documentation says that any object passed to the StreamHandler
60    # constructor should support write() and flush():
61    #
62    # http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html#module-logging.handlers
63    def write(self, message):
64        self.messages.append(message)
65
66    def flush(self):
67        pass
68
69    def assertMessages(self, messages):
70        """Assert that the given messages match the logged messages.
71
72        messages: A list of log message strings.
73
74        """
75        self._test_case.assertEquals(messages, self.messages)
76
77
78class LogTesting(object):
79
80    """Supports end-to-end unit-testing of log messages.
81
82        Sample usage:
83
84          class SampleTest(unittest.TestCase):
85
86              def setUp(self):
87                  self._log = LogTesting.setUp(self)  # Turn logging on.
88
89              def tearDown(self):
90                  self._log.tearDown()  # Turn off and reset logging.
91
92              def test_logging_in_some_method(self):
93                  call_some_method()  # Contains calls to _log.info(), etc.
94
95                  # Check the resulting log messages.
96                  self._log.assertMessages(["INFO: expected message #1",
97                                          "WARNING: expected message #2"])
98
99    """
100
101    def __init__(self, test_stream, handler):
102        """Create an instance.
103
104        This method should never be called directly.  Instances should
105        instead be created using the static setUp() method.
106
107        Args:
108          test_stream: A TestLogStream instance.
109          handler: The handler added to the logger.
110
111        """
112        self._test_stream = test_stream
113        self._handler = handler
114
115    @staticmethod
116    def _getLogger():
117        """Return the logger being tested."""
118        # It is possible we might want to return something other than
119        # the root logger in some special situation.  For now, the
120        # root logger seems to suffice.
121        return logging.getLogger()
122
123    @staticmethod
124    def setUp(test_case, logging_level=logging.INFO):
125        """Configure logging for unit testing.
126
127        Configures the root logger to log to a testing log stream.
128        Only messages logged at or above the given level are logged
129        to the stream.  Messages logged to the stream are formatted
130        in the following way, for example--
131
132        "INFO: This is a test log message."
133
134        This method should normally be called in the setUp() method
135        of a unittest.TestCase.  See the docstring of this class
136        for more details.
137
138        Returns:
139          A LogTesting instance.
140
141        Args:
142          test_case: A unittest.TestCase instance.
143          logging_level: An integer logging level that is the minimum level
144                         of log messages you would like to test.
145
146        """
147        stream = TestLogStream(test_case)
148        handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream)
149        handler.setLevel(logging_level)
150        formatter = logging.Formatter("%(levelname)s: %(message)s")
151        handler.setFormatter(formatter)
152
153        # Notice that we only change the root logger by adding a handler
154        # to it.  In particular, we do not reset its level using
155        # logger.setLevel().  This ensures that we have not interfered
156        # with how the code being tested may have configured the root
157        # logger.
158        logger = LogTesting._getLogger()
159        logger.addHandler(handler)
160
161        return LogTesting(stream, handler)
162
163    def tearDown(self):
164        """Assert there are no remaining log messages, and reset logging.
165
166        This method asserts that there are no more messages in the array of
167        log messages, and then restores logging to its original state.
168        This method should normally be called in the tearDown() method of a
169        unittest.TestCase.  See the docstring of this class for more details.
170
171        """
172        self.assertMessages([])
173        logger = LogTesting._getLogger()
174        logger.removeHandler(self._handler)
175
176    def messages(self):
177        """Return the current list of log messages."""
178        return self._test_stream.messages
179
180    # FIXME: Add a clearMessages() method for cases where the caller
181    #        deliberately doesn't want to assert every message.
182
183    # We clear the log messages after asserting since they are no longer
184    # needed after asserting.  This serves two purposes: (1) it simplifies
185    # the calling code when we want to check multiple logging calls in a
186    # single test method, and (2) it lets us check in the tearDown() method
187    # that there are no remaining log messages to be asserted.
188    #
189    # The latter ensures that no extra log messages are getting logged that
190    # the caller might not be aware of or may have forgotten to check for.
191    # This gets us a bit more mileage out of our tests without writing any
192    # additional code.
193    def assertMessages(self, messages):
194        """Assert the current array of log messages, and clear its contents.
195
196        Args:
197          messages: A list of log message strings.
198
199        """
200        try:
201            self._test_stream.assertMessages(messages)
202        finally:
203            # We want to clear the array of messages even in the case of
204            # an Exception (e.g. an AssertionError).  Otherwise, another
205            # AssertionError can occur in the tearDown() because the
206            # array might not have gotten emptied.
207            self._test_stream.messages = []
208
209
210# This class needs to inherit from unittest.TestCase.  Otherwise, the
211# setUp() and tearDown() methods will not get fired for test case classes
212# that inherit from this class -- even if the class inherits from *both*
213# unittest.TestCase and LoggingTestCase.
214#
215# FIXME: Rename this class to LoggingTestCaseBase to be sure that
216#        the unittest module does not interpret this class as a unittest
217#        test case itself.
218class LoggingTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
219
220    """Supports end-to-end unit-testing of log messages.
221
222        Sample usage:
223
224          class SampleTest(LoggingTestCase):
225
226              def test_logging_in_some_method(self):
227                  call_some_method()  # Contains calls to _log.info(), etc.
228
229                  # Check the resulting log messages.
230                  self.assertLog(["INFO: expected message #1",
231                                  "WARNING: expected message #2"])
232
233    """
234
235    def setUp(self):
236        self._log = LogTesting.setUp(self)
237
238    def tearDown(self):
239        self._log.tearDown()
240
241    def logMessages(self):
242        """Return the current list of log messages."""
243        return self._log.messages()
244
245    # FIXME: Add a clearMessages() method for cases where the caller
246    #        deliberately doesn't want to assert every message.
247
248    # See the code comments preceding LogTesting.assertMessages() for
249    # an explanation of why we clear the array of messages after
250    # asserting its contents.
251    def assertLog(self, messages):
252        """Assert the current array of log messages, and clear its contents.
253
254        Args:
255          messages: A list of log message strings.
256
257        """
258        self._log.assertMessages(messages)
259