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+++ b/cubicweb/test/unittest_wfutils.py	Mon May 11 13:57:34 2015 +0200
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+# copyright 2017 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
+# contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
+#
+# This file is part of CubicWeb.
+#
+# CubicWeb is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# CubicWeb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import copy
+
+from cubicweb.devtools import testlib
+from cubicweb.wfutils import setup_workflow
+
+
+class TestWFUtils(testlib.CubicWebTC):
+
+    defs = {
+        'group': {
+            'etypes': 'CWGroup',
+            'default': True,
+            'initial_state': u'draft',
+            'states': [u'draft', u'published'],
+            'transitions': {
+                u'publish': {
+                    'fromstates': u'draft',
+                    'tostate': u'published',
+                    'requiredgroups': u'managers'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    def test_create_workflow(self):
+        with self.admin_access.cnx() as cnx:
+            wf = setup_workflow(cnx, 'group', self.defs['group'])
+            self.assertEqual(wf.name, 'group')
+            self.assertEqual(wf.initial.name, u'draft')
+
+            draft = wf.state_by_name(u'draft')
+            self.assertIsNotNone(draft)
+
+            published = wf.state_by_name(u'published')
+            self.assertIsNotNone(published)
+
+            publish = wf.transition_by_name(u'publish')
+            self.assertIsNotNone(publish)
+
+            self.assertEqual(publish.destination_state, (published, ))
+            self.assertEqual(draft.allowed_transition, (publish, ))
+
+            self.assertEqual(
+                {g.name for g in publish.require_group},
+                {'managers'})
+
+    def test_update(self):
+        with self.admin_access.cnx() as cnx:
+            wf = setup_workflow(cnx, 'group', self.defs['group'])
+            eid = wf.eid
+
+        with self.admin_access.cnx() as cnx:
+            wfdef = copy.deepcopy(self.defs['group'])
+            wfdef['states'].append('new')
+            wfdef['initial_state'] = 'new'
+            wfdef['transitions'][u'publish']['fromstates'] = ('draft', 'new')
+            wfdef['transitions'][u'publish']['requiredgroups'] = (
+                u'managers', u'users')
+            wfdef['transitions'][u'todraft'] = {
+                'fromstates': ('new', 'published'),
+                'tostate': 'draft',
+            }
+
+            wf = setup_workflow(cnx, 'group', wfdef)
+            self.assertEqual(wf.eid, eid)
+            self.assertEqual(wf.name, 'group')
+            self.assertEqual(wf.initial.name, u'new')
+
+            new = wf.state_by_name(u'new')
+            self.assertIsNotNone(new)
+
+            draft = wf.state_by_name(u'draft')
+            self.assertIsNotNone(draft)
+
+            published = wf.state_by_name(u'published')
+            self.assertIsNotNone(published)
+
+            publish = wf.transition_by_name(u'publish')
+            self.assertIsNotNone(publish)
+
+            todraft = wf.transition_by_name(u'todraft')
+            self.assertIsNotNone(todraft)
+
+            self.assertEqual(
+                {g.name for g in publish.require_group},
+                {'managers', 'users'})
+
+            self.assertEqual(publish.destination_state, (published, ))
+            self.assertEqual(draft.allowed_transition, (publish, ))
+            self.assertEqual(todraft.destination_state, (draft, ))
+            self.assertEqual(published.allowed_transition, (todraft, ))
+            self.assertCountEqual(new.allowed_transition, (publish, todraft))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import unittest
+    unittest.main()