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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-09-06 15:51:56 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-09-06 15:51:56 (GMT) |
commit | 4d17b303bbdf1b405657f07428a1547698610ab1 (patch) | |
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Several updates to cover omissions noted by Rich Salz.
This closes SF bug #458771.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libunittest.tex b/Doc/lib/libunittest.tex index 929dbf5..0bc3b25 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libunittest.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libunittest.tex @@ -579,6 +579,19 @@ instances: \class{TestSuite} instances to this test suite. \end{methoddesc} +The \method{run()} method is also slightly different: + +\begin{methoddesc}[TestSuite]{run}{result} + Run the tests associated with this suite, collecting the result into + the test result object passed as \var{result}. Note that unlike + \method{TestCase.run()}, \method{TestSuite.run()} requires the + result object to be passed in. +\end{methoddesc} + +In the typical usage of a \class{TestSuite} object, the \method{run()} +method is invoked by a \class{TestRunner} rather than by the end-user +test harness. + \subsection{TestResult Objects \label{testresult-objects}} @@ -706,9 +719,20 @@ configurable properties. \begin{methoddesc}[TestLoader]{loadTestsFromName}{name\optional{, module}} Return a suite of all tests cases given a string specifier. - The specifier \var{name} may resolve either to a module, a test case - class, a test method within a test case class, or a callable object - which returns a \class{TestCase} or \class{TestSuite} instance. + The specifier \var{name} is a ``dotted name'' that may resolve + either to a module, a test case class, a test method within a test + case class, or a callable object which returns a \class{TestCase} or + \class{TestSuite} instance. For example, if you have a module + \module{SampleTests} containing a \class{TestCase}-derived class + \class{SampleTestCase} with three test methods (\method{test_one()}, + \method{test_two()}, and \method{test_three()}), the specifier + \code{'SampleTests.SampleTestCase'} would cause this method to + return a suite which will run all three test methods. Using the + specifier \code{'SampleTests.SampleTestCase.test_two'} would cause + it to return a test suite which will run only the + \method{test_two()} test method. The specifier can refer to modules + and packages which have not been imported; they will be imported as + a side-effect. The method optionally resolves \var{name} relative to a given module. \end{methoddesc} |