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extended xUnit style setup fixtures
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.. _`funcargs`: funcargs.html
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.. _`test parametrization`: funcargs.html#parametrizing-tests
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.. _`unittest plugin`: plugin/unittest.html
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.. _`xUnit`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUnit
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Python, Java and many other languages support xUnit_ style testing.
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This typically involves the call of a ``setup`` ("fixture") method
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before running a test function and ``teardown`` after it has finished.
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``py.test`` supports a more fine-grained model of setup/teardown
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handling by optionally calling per-module and per-class hooks.
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module level setup/teardown
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If you have multiple test functions and test classes in a single
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module you can optionally implement the following fixture methods
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which will usually be called once for all the functions::
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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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class level setup/teardown
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=============================================
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Similarly, the following methods are called at class level before
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and after all test methods of the class are called::
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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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method and function level setup/teardown
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Similarly, the following methods are called around each method invocation::
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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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If you rather define test functions directly at module level
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you can also use the following functions to implement fixtures::
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def setup_function(function):
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""" setup up any state tied to the execution of the given
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function. Invoked for every test function in the module.
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"""
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def teardown_method(function):
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""" teardown any state that was previously setup
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with a setup_function call.
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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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