diff -r 000000000000 -r b97547f5f1fa devtools/test/unittest_dbfill.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/devtools/test/unittest_dbfill.py	Wed Nov 05 15:52:50 2008 +0100
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+# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
+"""unit tests for database value generator"""
+
+import os.path as osp
+import re
+
+from logilab.common.testlib import TestCase, unittest_main
+
+from cubicweb.schema import Schema, EntitySchema
+from cubicweb.devtools.fill import ValueGenerator, make_tel
+from cubicweb.devtools import ApptestConfiguration
+
+DATADIR = osp.join(osp.abspath(osp.dirname(__file__)), 'data')
+ISODATE_SRE = re.compile('(?P<year>\d{4})-(?P<month>\d{2})-(?P<day>\d{2})$')
+
+
+class MyValueGenerator(ValueGenerator):
+
+    def generate_Bug_severity(self, index):
+        return u'dangerous'
+
+    def generate_Any_description(self, index, format=None):
+        return u'yo'
+
+
+class ValueGeneratorTC(TestCase):
+    """test case for ValueGenerator"""
+
+    def _choice_func(self, etype, attrname):
+        try:
+            return getattr(self, '_available_%s_%s' % (etype, attrname))(etype, attrname)
+        except AttributeError:
+            return None
+    
+    def _available_Person_firstname(self, etype, attrname):
+        return [f.strip() for f in file(osp.join(DATADIR, 'firstnames.txt'))]
+
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        config = ApptestConfiguration('data')
+        config.bootstrap_cubes()
+        schema = config.load_schema()
+        e_schema = schema.entity_schema('Person')
+        self.person_valgen = ValueGenerator(e_schema, self._choice_func)
+        e_schema = schema.entity_schema('Bug')
+        self.bug_valgen = MyValueGenerator(e_schema)
+        self.config = config
+
+    def _check_date(self, date):
+        """checks that 'date' is well-formed"""
+        year = date.year
+        month = date.month
+        day = date.day
+        self.failUnless(day in range(1, 29), '%s not in [0;28]' % day) 
+        self.failUnless(month in range(1, 13), '%s not in [1;12]' % month)
+        self.failUnless(year in range(2000, 2005),
+                        '%s not in [2000;2004]' % year)
+        
+
+    def test_string(self):
+        """test string generation"""
+        surname = self.person_valgen._generate_value('surname', 12)
+        self.assertEquals(surname, u'é&surname12')
+
+    def test_domain_value(self):
+        """test value generation from a given domain value"""
+        firstname = self.person_valgen._generate_value('firstname', 12)
+        possible_choices = self._choice_func('Person', 'firstname')
+        self.failUnless(firstname in possible_choices,
+                        '%s not in %s' % (firstname, possible_choices))
+
+    def test_choice(self):
+        """test choice generation"""
+        # Test for random index
+        for index in range(5):
+            sx_value = self.person_valgen._generate_value('civility', index)
+            self.failUnless(sx_value in ('Mr', 'Mrs', 'Ms'))
+
+    def test_integer(self):
+        """test integer generation"""
+        # Test for random index
+        for index in range(5):
+            cost_value = self.bug_valgen._generate_value('cost', index)
+            self.failUnless(cost_value in range(index+1))
+
+    def test_date(self):
+        """test date generation"""
+        # Test for random index
+        for index in range(5):
+            date_value = self.person_valgen._generate_value('birthday', index)
+            self._check_date(date_value)
+        
+    def test_phone(self):
+        """tests make_tel utility"""
+        self.assertEquals(make_tel(22030405), '22 03 04 05')
+
+
+    def test_customized_generation(self):
+        self.assertEquals(self.bug_valgen._generate_value('severity', 12),
+                          u'dangerous')
+        self.assertEquals(self.bug_valgen._generate_value('description', 12),
+                          u'yo')
+        self.assertEquals(self.person_valgen._generate_value('description', 12),
+                          u'yo')
+                          
+        
+
+class ConstraintInsertionTC(TestCase):
+
+    def test_writeme(self):
+        self.skip('Test automatic insertion / Schema Constraints')
+    
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest_main()