Use unittest framework in the Automated Installer Testing Framework.

chrome/test/mini_installer/test_installer.py

 # Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 """This script tests the installer with test cases specified in the config file.
 
 For each test case, it checks that the machine states after the execution of
 each command match the expected machine states. For more details, take a look at
 the design documentation at http://goo.gl/Q0rGM6
 """
 
 import argparse
 import json
 import os
 import subprocess
+import unittest
 
-import settings
 import verifier
 
 
 class Config:
   """Describes the machine states, actions, and test cases.
 
   A state is a dictionary where each key is a verifier's name and the
   associated value is the input to that verifier. An action is a shorthand for
   a command. A test is array of alternating state names and action names,
   starting and ending with state names. An instance of this class stores a map
   from state names to state objects, a map from action names to commands, and
   an array of test objects.
   """
   def __init__(self):
     self.states = {}
     self.actions = {}
     self.tests = []
 
 
+class InstallerTest(unittest.TestCase):
+  """Tests a test case in the config file."""
+
+  def __init__(self, test, config):
+    """Constructor.
+
+    Args:
+      test: An array of alternating state names and action names, starting and
+          ending with state names.
+      config: The Config object.
+    """
+    super(InstallerTest, self).__init__()
+    self.test = test
+    self.config = config
+
+  def runTest(self):
+    """Run the test case."""
+    test = self.test
+
+    # |test| is an array of alternating state names and action names, starting
+    # and ending with state names. Therefore, its length must be odd.
+    self.assertEqual(len(test) % 2, 1, 'The length of test array must be odd')
+
+    self._RunResetCommand()
+
+    self.current_state = test[0]
+    self._VerifyCurrentState()
+
+    for i in range(1, len(test), 2):
+      action = test[i]
+      self._RunCommand(self.config.actions[action])
+
+      self.current_state = test[i + 1]
+      self._VerifyCurrentState()
+
+  def __str__(self):
+    return 'Test: %s' % (' -> '.join(self.test))

[gab, 2013/08/07 13:03:34]

Add a method comment with an example of what this prints.

[sukolsak, 2013/08/07 21:23:29]

Done.

+
+  def shortDescription(self):
+    """Returns None as the short description to suppress its printing.
+
+    The default implementation of this method returns the docstring of the
+    runTest method, which is not useful since it's the same for every test case.
+    The description from the __str__ method is informative enough.
+    """
+    return None
+
+  def failureException(self, msg):
+    """Returns an AssertionError with the current state information.
+
+    The default implementation of this method returns AssertionError(msg).
+    We add the current state information to the message so that we know where
+    the test fails.
+
+    Args:
+      msg: The error message.
+
+    Returns:
+      An AssertionError.
+    """
+    return AssertionError("In state '%s', %s" % (self.current_state, msg))
+
+  def _VerifyCurrentState(self):
+    """Verifies that the current machine states match the expected machine
+    states."""

[gab, 2013/08/07 13:03:34]

s/states/state

for both 'states' in this sentence, right?

[sukolsak, 2013/08/07 21:23:29]

Done.

+    verifier.Verify(self.config.states[self.current_state], self)
+
+  def _RunCommand(self, command):
+    subprocess.call(command, shell=True)
+
+  def _RunResetCommand(self):
+    # TODO(sukolsak): Need to figure how exactly we want to reset.
+    pass
+
+
 def MergePropertyDictionaries(current_property, new_property):
   """Merges the new property dictionary into the current property dictionary.
 
   This is different from general dictionary merging in that, in case there are
   keys with the same name, we merge values together in the first level, and we
   override earlier values in the second level. For more details, take a look at
   http://goo.gl/uE0RoR
 
   Args:
     current_property: The property dictionary to be modified.
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   config = Config()
   config.tests = config_data['tests']
   for state_name, state_property_filenames in config_data['states']:
     config.states[state_name] = ParsePropertyFiles(directory,
                                                    state_property_filenames)
   for action_name, action_command in config_data['actions']:
     config.actions[action_name] = action_command
   return config
 
 
-def VerifyState(config, state):
-  """Verifies that the current machine states match the given machine states.
-
-  Args:
-    config: A Config object.
-    state: The current state.
-  """
-  # TODO(sukolsak): Think of ways of preserving the log when the test fails but
-  # not printing these when the test passes.
-  print settings.PRINT_STATE_PREFIX + state
-  verifier.Verify(config.states[state])
-
-
-def RunCommand(command):
-  print settings.PRINT_COMMAND_PREFIX + command
-  subprocess.call(command, shell=True)
-
-
-def RunResetCommand():
-  print settings.PRINT_COMMAND_PREFIX + 'Reset'
-  # TODO(sukolsak): Need to figure how exactly we want to reset.
-
-
 def Test(config):
   """Tests the installer using the given Config object.
 
   Args:
     config: A Config object.
   """
+  suite = unittest.TestSuite()
   for test in config.tests:
-    print settings.PRINT_TEST_PREFIX + ' -> '.join(test)
-
-    # A Test object is an array of alternating state names and action names.
-    # The array starts and ends with states. Therefore, the length must be odd.
-    assert(len(test) % 2 == 1)
-
-    RunResetCommand()
-
-    current_state = test[0]
-    VerifyState(config, current_state)
-    # TODO(sukolsak): Quit the test early if VerifyState fails at any point.

[gab, 2013/08/07 13:03:34]

Bring this TODO in the new test code above.

[sukolsak, 2013/08/07 21:23:29]

The assertions in verifiers will kill the test case.

-
-    for i in range(1, len(test), 2):
-      action = test[i]
-      RunCommand(config.actions[action])
-
-      current_state = test[i + 1]
-      VerifyState(config, current_state)
+    suite.addTest(InstallerTest(test, config))
+  unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
 
 
 def main():
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Test the installer.')
   parser.add_argument('config_filename',
                       help='The relative/absolute path to the config file.')
   args = parser.parse_args()
 
   config = ParseConfigFile(args.config_filename)
   Test(config)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   main()