from __future__ import with_statement, absolute_import from django.test import TestCase from .models import Person class PropertyTests(TestCase): def setUp(self): self.a = Person(first_name='John', last_name='Lennon') self.a.save() def test_getter(self): self.assertEqual(self.a.full_name, 'John Lennon') def test_setter(self): # The "full_name" property hasn't provided a "set" method. self.assertRaises(AttributeError, setattr, self.a, 'full_name', 'Paul McCartney') # But "full_name_2" has, and it can be used to initialise the class. a2 = Person(full_name_2 = 'Paul McCartney') a2.save() self.assertEqual(a2.first_name, 'Paul')