diff -r 2561b0e1c894 -r 9378d13e9ac4 devtools/cwwindmill.py
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+++ b/devtools/cwwindmill.py	Tue Jun 01 17:09:22 2010 +0200
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+# copyright 2003-2010 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/>.
+"""this module contains base classes for windmill integration"""
+
+import os, os.path as osp
+
+# imported by default to simplify further import statements
+from logilab.common.testlib import unittest_main
+
+from windmill.authoring import unit
+from windmill.dep import functest
+
+from cubicweb.devtools.httptest import CubicWebServerTC
+
+
+class UnitTestReporter(functest.reports.FunctestReportInterface):
+    def summary(self, test_list, totals_dict, stdout_capture):
+        self.test_list = test_list
+
+unittestreporter = UnitTestReporter()
+functest.reports.register_reporter(unittestreporter)
+
+class CubicWebWindmillUseCase(CubicWebServerTC, unit.WindmillUnitTestCase):
+    """basic class for Windmill use case tests
+
+    :param browser: browser identification string (firefox|ie|safari|chrome) (firefox by default)
+    :param test_dir: testing file path or directory (./windmill by default)
+    """
+    browser = 'firefox'
+    test_dir = osp.join(os.getcwd(), 'windmill')
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # reduce log output
+        from logging import getLogger, ERROR
+        getLogger('cubicweb').setLevel(ERROR)
+        getLogger('logilab').setLevel(ERROR)
+        getLogger('windmill').setLevel(ERROR)
+        # Start CubicWeb session before running the server to populate self.vreg
+        CubicWebServerTC.setUp(self)
+        assert os.path.exists(self.test_dir), "provide 'test_dir' as the given test file/dir"
+        unit.WindmillUnitTestCase.setUp(self)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        unit.WindmillUnitTestCase.tearDown(self)
+        CubicWebServerTC.tearDown(self)
+
+    def testWindmill(self):
+        self.windmill_shell_objects['start_' + self.browser]()
+        self.windmill_shell_objects['do_test'](self.test_dir, threaded=False)
+        for test in unittestreporter.test_list:
+            self._testMethodDoc = getattr(test, "__doc__", None)
+            self._testMethodName = test.__name__
+            self.assertEquals(test.result, True)
+
+