gtest_test_utils.py

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"""Unit test utilities for Google C++ Testing and Mocking Framework."""
# Suppresses the 'Import not at the top of the file' lint complaint.
# pylint: disable-msg=C6204
 
import os
import sys
 
IS_WINDOWS = os.name == 'nt'
IS_CYGWIN = os.name == 'posix' and 'CYGWIN' in os.uname()[0]
IS_OS2 = os.name == 'os2'
 
import atexit
import shutil
import tempfile
import unittest as _test_module
 
try:
  import subprocess
  _SUBPROCESS_MODULE_AVAILABLE = True
except:
  import popen2
  _SUBPROCESS_MODULE_AVAILABLE = False
# pylint: enable-msg=C6204
 
GTEST_OUTPUT_VAR_NAME = 'GTEST_OUTPUT'
 
# The environment variable for specifying the path to the premature-exit file.
PREMATURE_EXIT_FILE_ENV_VAR = 'TEST_PREMATURE_EXIT_FILE'
 
environ = os.environ.copy()
 
 
def SetEnvVar(env_var, value):
  """Sets/unsets an environment variable to a given value."""
 
  if value is not None:
    environ[env_var] = value
  elif env_var in environ:
    del environ[env_var]
 
 
# Here we expose a class from a particular module, depending on the
# environment. The comment suppresses the 'Invalid variable name' lint
# complaint.
TestCase = _test_module.TestCase  # pylint: disable=C6409
 
# Initially maps a flag to its default value. After
# _ParseAndStripGTestFlags() is called, maps a flag to its actual value.
_flag_map = {'source_dir': os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]),
             'build_dir': os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])}
_gtest_flags_are_parsed = False
 
 
def _ParseAndStripGTestFlags(argv):
  """Parses and strips Google Test flags from argv.  This is idempotent."""
 
  # Suppresses the lint complaint about a global variable since we need it
  # here to maintain module-wide state.
  global _gtest_flags_are_parsed  # pylint: disable=W0603
  if _gtest_flags_are_parsed:
    return
 
  _gtest_flags_are_parsed = True
  for flag in _flag_map:
    # The environment variable overrides the default value.
    if flag.upper() in os.environ:
      _flag_map[flag] = os.environ[flag.upper()]
 
    # The command line flag overrides the environment variable.
    i = 1  # Skips the program name.
    while i < len(argv):
      prefix = '--' + flag + '='
      if argv[i].startswith(prefix):
        _flag_map[flag] = argv[i][len(prefix):]
        del argv[i]
        break
      else:
        # We don't increment i in case we just found a --gtest_* flag
        # and removed it from argv.
        i += 1
 
 
def GetFlag(flag):
  """Returns the value of the given flag."""
 
  # In case GetFlag() is called before Main(), we always call
  # _ParseAndStripGTestFlags() here to make sure the --gtest_* flags
  # are parsed.
  _ParseAndStripGTestFlags(sys.argv)
 
  return _flag_map[flag]
 
 
def GetSourceDir():
  """Returns the absolute path of the directory where the .py files are."""
 
  return os.path.abspath(GetFlag('source_dir'))
 
 
def GetBuildDir():
  """Returns the absolute path of the directory where the test binaries are."""
 
  return os.path.abspath(GetFlag('build_dir'))
 
 
_temp_dir = None
 
def _RemoveTempDir():
  if _temp_dir:
    shutil.rmtree(_temp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
 
atexit.register(_RemoveTempDir)
 
 
def GetTempDir():
  global _temp_dir
  if not _temp_dir:
    _temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
  return _temp_dir
 
 
def GetTestExecutablePath(executable_name, build_dir=None):
  """Returns the absolute path of the test binary given its name.
 
  The function will print a message and abort the program if the resulting file
  doesn't exist.
 
  Args:
    executable_name: name of the test binary that the test script runs.
    build_dir:       directory where to look for executables, by default
                     the result of GetBuildDir().
 
  Returns:
    The absolute path of the test binary.
  """
 
  path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(build_dir or GetBuildDir(),
                                      executable_name))
  if (IS_WINDOWS or IS_CYGWIN or IS_OS2) and not path.endswith('.exe'):
    path += '.exe'
 
  if not os.path.exists(path):
    message = (
        'Unable to find the test binary "%s". Please make sure to provide\n'
        'a path to the binary via the --build_dir flag or the BUILD_DIR\n'
        'environment variable.' % path)
    print >> sys.stderr, message
    sys.exit(1)
 
  return path
 
 
def GetExitStatus(exit_code):
  """Returns the argument to exit(), or -1 if exit() wasn't called.
 
  Args:
    exit_code: the result value of os.system(command).
  """
 
  if os.name == 'nt':
    # On Windows, os.WEXITSTATUS() doesn't work and os.system() returns
    # the argument to exit() directly.
    return exit_code
  else:
    # On Unix, os.WEXITSTATUS() must be used to extract the exit status
    # from the result of os.system().
    if os.WIFEXITED(exit_code):
      return os.WEXITSTATUS(exit_code)
    else:
      return -1
 
 
class Subprocess:
  def __init__(self, command, working_dir=None, capture_stderr=True, env=None):
    """Changes into a specified directory, if provided, and executes a command.
 
    Restores the old directory afterwards.
 
    Args:
      command:        The command to run, in the form of sys.argv.
      working_dir:    The directory to change into.
      capture_stderr: Determines whether to capture stderr in the output member
                      or to discard it.
      env:            Dictionary with environment to pass to the subprocess.
 
    Returns:
      An object that represents outcome of the executed process. It has the
      following attributes:
        terminated_by_signal   True iff the child process has been terminated
                               by a signal.
        signal                 Sygnal that terminated the child process.
        exited                 True iff the child process exited normally.
        exit_code              The code with which the child process exited.
        output                 Child process's stdout and stderr output
                               combined in a string.
    """
 
    # The subprocess module is the preferrable way of running programs
    # since it is available and behaves consistently on all platforms,
    # including Windows. But it is only available starting in python 2.4.
    # In earlier python versions, we revert to the popen2 module, which is
    # available in python 2.0 and later but doesn't provide required
    # functionality (Popen4) under Windows. This allows us to support Mac
    # OS X 10.4 Tiger, which has python 2.3 installed.
    if _SUBPROCESS_MODULE_AVAILABLE:
      if capture_stderr:
        stderr = subprocess.STDOUT
      else:
        stderr = subprocess.PIPE
 
      p = subprocess.Popen(command,
                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=stderr,
                           cwd=working_dir, universal_newlines=True, env=env)
      # communicate returns a tuple with the file object for the child's
      # output.
      self.output = p.communicate()[0]
      self._return_code = p.returncode
    else:
      old_dir = os.getcwd()
 
      def _ReplaceEnvDict(dest, src):
        # Changes made by os.environ.clear are not inheritable by child
        # processes until Python 2.6. To produce inheritable changes we have
        # to delete environment items with the del statement.
        for key in dest.keys():
          del dest[key]
        dest.update(src)
 
      # When 'env' is not None, backup the environment variables and replace
      # them with the passed 'env'. When 'env' is None, we simply use the
      # current 'os.environ' for compatibility with the subprocess.Popen
      # semantics used above.
      if env is not None:
        old_environ = os.environ.copy()
        _ReplaceEnvDict(os.environ, env)
 
      try:
        if working_dir is not None:
          os.chdir(working_dir)
        if capture_stderr:
          p = popen2.Popen4(command)
        else:
          p = popen2.Popen3(command)
        p.tochild.close()
        self.output = p.fromchild.read()
        ret_code = p.wait()
      finally:
        os.chdir(old_dir)
 
        # Restore the old environment variables
        # if they were replaced.
        if env is not None:
          _ReplaceEnvDict(os.environ, old_environ)
 
      # Converts ret_code to match the semantics of
      # subprocess.Popen.returncode.
      if os.WIFSIGNALED(ret_code):
        self._return_code = -os.WTERMSIG(ret_code)
      else:  # os.WIFEXITED(ret_code) should return True here.
        self._return_code = os.WEXITSTATUS(ret_code)
 
    if self._return_code < 0:
      self.terminated_by_signal = True
      self.exited = False
      self.signal = -self._return_code
    else:
      self.terminated_by_signal = False
      self.exited = True
      self.exit_code = self._return_code
 
 
def Main():
  """Runs the unit test."""
 
  # We must call _ParseAndStripGTestFlags() before calling
  # unittest.main().  Otherwise the latter will be confused by the
  # --gtest_* flags.
  _ParseAndStripGTestFlags(sys.argv)
  # The tested binaries should not be writing XML output files unless the
  # script explicitly instructs them to.
  if GTEST_OUTPUT_VAR_NAME in os.environ:
    del os.environ[GTEST_OUTPUT_VAR_NAME]
 
  _test_module.main()