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+# copyright 2003-2014 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/>.
+
+from six import text_type
+
+from logilab.common import tempattr
+
+from cubicweb.devtools.testlib import CubicWebTC
+from cubicweb.devtools.fake import FakeRequest
+
+from cubicweb.web.views.urlrewrite import (SimpleReqRewriter, SchemaBasedRewriter,
+                                           rgx, rgx_action)
+
+
+class UrlRewriteTC(CubicWebTC):
+
+    def test_auto_extend_rules(self):
+        class Rewriter(SimpleReqRewriter):
+            rules = [
+                ('foo', dict(rql='Foo F')),
+                ('/index', dict(vid='index2')),
+                ]
+        rules = []
+        for pattern, values in Rewriter.rules:
+            if hasattr(pattern, 'pattern'):
+                pattern = pattern.pattern
+            rules.append((pattern, values))
+        self.assertListEqual(rules, [
+            ('foo' , dict(rql='Foo F')),
+            ('/index' , dict(vid='index2')),
+            ('/_', dict(vid='manage')),
+            ('/_registry', dict(vid='registry')),
+            ('/schema', dict(vid='schema')),
+            ('/myprefs', dict(vid='propertiesform')),
+            ('/siteconfig', dict(vid='systempropertiesform')),
+            ('/siteinfo', dict(vid='siteinfo')),
+            ('/manage', dict(vid='manage')),
+            ('/notfound', dict(vid='404')),
+            ('/error', dict(vid='error')),
+            ('/sparql', dict(vid='sparql')),
+            ('/processinfo', dict(vid='processinfo')),
+            ('/cwuser$', {'vid': 'cw.users-and-groups-management',
+                          'tab': 'cw_users_management'}),
+            ('/cwgroup$', {'vid': 'cw.users-and-groups-management',
+                           'tab': 'cw_groups_management'}),
+            ('/cwsource$', {'vid': 'cw.sources-management'}),
+            ('/schema/([^/]+?)/?$', {'rql': r'Any X WHERE X is CWEType, X name "\1"', 'vid': 'primary'}),
+            ('/add/([^/]+?)/?$' , dict(vid='creation', etype=r'\1')),
+            ('/doc/images/(.+?)/?$', dict(fid='\\1', vid='wdocimages')),
+            ('/doc/?$', dict(fid='main', vid='wdoc')),
+            ('/doc/(.+?)/?$', dict(fid='\\1', vid='wdoc')),
+            # now in SchemaBasedRewriter
+            #('/search/(.+)$', dict(rql=r'Any X WHERE X has_text "\1"')),
+            ])
+
+
+    def test_no_extend_rules(self):
+        class Rewriter(SimpleReqRewriter):
+            ignore_baseclass_rules = True
+            rules = [
+                ('foo', dict(rql='Foo F')),
+                ('/index', dict(vid='index2')),
+                ]
+        self.assertListEqual(Rewriter.rules, [
+            ('foo' , dict(rql='Foo F')),
+            ('/index' , dict(vid='index2')),
+            ])
+
+    def test_basic_transformation(self):
+        """test simple string-based rewrite"""
+        req = FakeRequest()
+        rewriter = SimpleReqRewriter(req)
+        self.assertRaises(KeyError, rewriter.rewrite, req, '/view?vid=whatever')
+        self.assertEqual(req.form, {})
+        rewriter.rewrite(req, '/index')
+        self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "index"})
+
+    def test_regexp_transformation(self):
+        """test regexp-based rewrite"""
+        req = FakeRequest()
+        rewriter = SimpleReqRewriter(req)
+        rewriter.rewrite(req, '/add/Task')
+        self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "creation", 'etype' : "Task"})
+        req = FakeRequest()
+        rewriter.rewrite(req, '/add/Task/')
+        self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "creation", 'etype' : "Task"})
+
+    def test_inheritance(self):
+        BaseTransition = self.vreg['etypes'].etype_class('BaseTransition')
+        with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
+            x = req.create_entity('WorkflowTransition', name=u'test')
+            ctrlid, rset = self.app.url_resolver.process(req, 'basetransition/%s' % x.eid)
+            self.assertEqual(ctrlid, 'view')
+            self.assertEqual(x.eid, rset[0][0])
+            # cw_rest_attr_info is cached but clear_cache doesn't like cached class
+            # method
+            del BaseTransition._cw_rest_attr_info_cache_
+            try:
+                with tempattr(BaseTransition, 'rest_attr', 'name'):
+
+                    ctrlid, rset = self.app.url_resolver.process(req, 'basetransition/%s' % x.name)
+                    self.assertEqual(ctrlid, 'view')
+                    self.assertEqual(x.eid, rset[0][0])
+            finally:
+                del BaseTransition._cw_rest_attr_info_cache_
+
+
+
+class RgxActionRewriteTC(CubicWebTC):
+
+    def setup_database(self):
+        with self.admin_access.repo_cnx() as cnx:
+            p1 = self.create_user(cnx, u'user1')
+            p1.cw_set(firstname=u'joe', surname=u'Dalton')
+            p2 = self.create_user(cnx, u'user2')
+            p2.cw_set(firstname=u'jack', surname=u'Dalton')
+            self.p1eid = p1.eid
+            cnx.commit()
+
+    def test_rgx_action_with_transforms(self):
+        class TestSchemaBasedRewriter(SchemaBasedRewriter):
+            rules = [
+                (rgx('/(?P<sn>\w+)/(?P<fn>\w+)'),
+                 rgx_action(r'Any X WHERE X surname %(sn)s, '
+                            'X firstname %(fn)s',
+                            argsgroups=('sn', 'fn'),
+                            transforms={'sn' : text_type.capitalize,
+                                        'fn' : text_type.lower,})),
+                ]
+        with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
+            rewriter = TestSchemaBasedRewriter(req)
+            _pmid, rset = rewriter.rewrite(req, u'/DaLToN/JoE')
+            self.assertEqual(len(rset), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(rset[0][0], self.p1eid)
+            self.assertEqual(rset.description[0][0], 'CWUser')
+
+    def test_inheritance_precedence(self):
+        RQL1 = 'Any C WHERE C is CWEType'
+        RQL2 = 'Any C WHERE C is CWUser'
+
+        class BaseRewriter(SchemaBasedRewriter):
+            rules = [
+               (rgx('/collector(.*)'),
+                rgx_action(rql=RQL1,
+                    form=dict(vid='baseindex')),
+                ),
+                ]
+        class Rewriter(BaseRewriter):
+            rules = [
+               (rgx('/collector/something(/?)'),
+                rgx_action(rql=RQL2,
+                    form=dict(vid='index')),
+                ),
+                ]
+
+        with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
+            rewriter = Rewriter(req)
+            _pmid, rset = rewriter.rewrite(req, '/collector')
+            self.assertEqual(rset.rql, RQL1)
+            self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "baseindex"})
+            _pmid, rset = rewriter.rewrite(req, '/collector/something')
+            self.assertEqual(rset.rql, RQL2)
+            self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "index"})
+            _pmid, rset = rewriter.rewrite(req, '/collector/something/')
+            self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "index"})
+            self.assertEqual(rset.rql, RQL2)
+            _pmid, rset = rewriter.rewrite(req, '/collector/somethingelse/')
+            self.assertEqual(rset.rql, RQL1)
+            self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "baseindex"})
+
+    def test_inheritance_precedence_same_rgx(self):
+        RQL1 = 'Any C WHERE C is CWEType'
+        RQL2 = 'Any C WHERE C is CWUser'
+
+        class BaseRewriter(SchemaBasedRewriter):
+            rules = [
+               (rgx('/collector(.*)'),
+                rgx_action(rql=RQL1,
+                    form=dict(vid='baseindex')),
+                ),
+                ]
+        class Rewriter(BaseRewriter):
+            rules = [
+               (rgx('/collector(.*)'),
+                rgx_action(rql=RQL2,
+                    form=dict(vid='index')),
+                ),
+                ]
+
+        with self.admin_access.web_request() as req:
+            rewriter = Rewriter(req)
+            _pmid, rset = rewriter.rewrite(req, '/collector')
+            self.assertEqual(rset.rql, RQL2)
+            self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "index"})
+            _pmid, rset = rewriter.rewrite(req, '/collector/something')
+            self.assertEqual(rset.rql, RQL2)
+            self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "index"})
+            _pmid, rset = rewriter.rewrite(req, '/collector/something/')
+            self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "index"})
+            self.assertEqual(rset.rql, RQL2)
+            _pmid, rset = rewriter.rewrite(req, '/collector/somethingelse/')
+            self.assertEqual(rset.rql, RQL2)
+            self.assertEqual(req.form, {'vid' : "index"})
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from logilab.common.testlib import unittest_main
+    unittest_main()