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xUnit style setup
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.. _`funcargs`: funcargs.html
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.. _`xUnit`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUnit
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** Note that since version 1.0 py.test offers `funcargs`_
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for simple and complex test setup needs. Especially
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if you want to do functional and integration testing,
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but also fo runittesting, it is highly recommended
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that you consider using `funcargs`_ for keeping
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a clean and maintenable test suite. **
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Python, Java and other languages have a tradition
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of using xUnit_ style testing. This typically
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involves the call of a ``setup`` method before
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a test function is run and ``teardown`` after
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it finishes. With ``py.test`` there are three
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scopes for which you can provide setup/teardown
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hooks to provide test fixtures: per-module, per-class
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and per-method/function. ``py.test`` will
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discover and call according methods automatically.
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All setup/teardown methods are optional.
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The following methods are called at module level if they exist:
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.. sourcecode:: python
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def setup_module(module):
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""" setup up any state specific to the execution
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of the given module.
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"""
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def teardown_module(module):
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""" teardown any state that was previously setup
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with a setup_module method.
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"""
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The following hooks are available for test classes:
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.. sourcecode:: python
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def setup_class(cls):
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""" setup up any state specific to the execution
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of the given class (which usually contains tests).
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"""
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def teardown_class(cls):
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""" teardown any state that was previously setup
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with a call to setup_class.
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"""
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def setup_method(self, method):
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""" setup up any state tied to the execution of the given
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method in a class. setup_method is invoked for every
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test method of a class.
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"""
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def teardown_method(self, method):
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""" teardown any state that was previously setup
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with a setup_method call.
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"""
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The last two hooks, ``setup_method`` and ``teardown_method``, are
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equivalent to ``setUp`` and ``tearDown`` in the Python standard
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library's `unittest.py module`_.
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Note that it possible that setup/teardown pairs are invoked multiple
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times per testing process.
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.. _`unittest.py module`: http://docs.python.org/library/unittest.html
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