diff -r a88101bf9f87 -r 3a6746dfc57f cubicweb/server/test/unittest_session.py
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+++ b/cubicweb/server/test/unittest_session.py	Fri Jan 20 18:17:04 2017 +0100
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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/>.
+
+from cubicweb.devtools.testlib import CubicWebTC
+from cubicweb.server import session
+
+
+class HooksControlTC(CubicWebTC):
+
+    def test_hooks_control(self):
+        with self.admin_access.repo_cnx() as cnx:
+            self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_mode, session.HOOKS_ALLOW_ALL)
+            self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_categories, set())
+
+            with cnx.deny_all_hooks_but('metadata'):
+                self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_mode, session.HOOKS_DENY_ALL)
+                self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_categories, set(['metadata']))
+
+                with cnx.deny_all_hooks_but():
+                    self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_categories, set())
+                self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_categories, set(['metadata']))
+
+                with cnx.deny_all_hooks_but('integrity'):
+                    self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_categories, set(['integrity']))
+                self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_categories, set(['metadata']))
+
+                with cnx.allow_all_hooks_but('integrity'):
+                    self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_mode, session.HOOKS_ALLOW_ALL)
+                    self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_categories, set(['integrity']))
+                self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_mode, session.HOOKS_DENY_ALL)
+                self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_categories, set(['metadata']))
+
+            self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_mode, session.HOOKS_ALLOW_ALL)
+            self.assertEqual(cnx._hooks_categories, set())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import unittest
+    unittest.main()