Refactor the way that TestApi works so that it is actually useful.

scripts/slave/recipe_util.py

Index: scripts/slave/recipe_util.py
diff --git a/scripts/slave/recipe_util.py b/scripts/slave/recipe_util.py
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+import functools
+import os
+
+
+SCRIPT_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+BUILD_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(SCRIPT_PATH))
+ROOT_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
+  SCRIPT_PATH, os.pardir, os.pardir, os.pardir))
+BASE_DIRS = [
+  SCRIPT_PATH,
+  os.path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'build_internal', 'scripts', 'slave'),
+  os.path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'build_internal', 'scripts', 'slave-internal')
+]
+MODULE_DIRS = lambda: [os.path.join(x, 'recipe_modules') for x in BASE_DIRS]
+RECIPE_DIRS = lambda: [os.path.join(x, 'recipes') for x in BASE_DIRS]
+
+
+class ModuleInjectionSite(object):
+  pass
+
+
+class Placeholder(object):
+  """Base class for json placeholders. Do not use directly."""
+  def __init__(self, name, mod_name):
+    self._name_pieces = (mod_name, name)
+
+  def render(self, test):  # pragma: no cover
+    """Return [cmd items]*"""
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def result(self, presentation, test):
+    """Called after step completion.
+
+    Args:
+      presentation (StepPresentation) - for the current step.
+      test (PlaceholderTestData) - test data for this placeholder.
+
+    Returns value to add to step result.
+
+    May optionally modify presentation as a side-effect.
+    """
+    pass
+
+  @property
+  def name(self):
+    return "%s.%s" % self._name_pieces
+
+  @property
+  def name_pieces(self):
+    return self._name_pieces
+
+
+def wrap_followup(kwargs, pre=False):
+  """
+  Decorator for a new followup_fn.
+
+  Will pop the existing fn out of kwargs (if any), and return a decorator for
+  the new folloup_fn.
+
+  Args:
+    kwargs - dictionary possibly containing folloup_fn
+    pre - If true, the old folloup_fn is called before the wrapped function.
+          Otherwise, the old followup_fn is called after the wrapped function.
+  """
+  null_fn = lambda _: None
+  old_followup = kwargs.pop('followup_fn', null_fn)
+  def decorator(f):
+    @functools.wraps(f)
+    def _inner(step_result):
+      if pre:
+        old_followup(step_result)
+        f(step_result)
+      else:
+        f(step_result)
+        old_followup(step_result)
+    if old_followup is not null_fn:
+      _inner.__name__ += '[%s]' % old_followup.__name__
+    return _inner
+  return decorator
+
+