Instances of the TestCase class represent the logical test units
in the unittest universe. This class is intended to be used as a base
class, with specific tests being implemented by concrete subclasses. This class
implements the interface needed by the test runner to allow it to drive the
tests, and methods that the test code can use to check for and report various
kinds of failure.
Each instance of TestCase will run a single base method: the method
named methodName.
In most uses of TestCase, you will neither change
the methodName nor reimplement the default runTest() method.
在 3.2 版更改:TestCase can be instantiated successfully without providing a
methodName. This makes it easier to experiment with TestCase
from the interactive interpreter.
TestCase instances provide three groups of methods: one group used
to run the test, another used by the test implementation to check conditions
and report failures, and some inquiry methods allowing information about the
test itself to be gathered.
Methods in the first group (running the test) are:
setUp()¶
Method called to prepare the test fixture. This is called immediately
before calling the test method; other than AssertionError or SkipTest,
any exception raised by this method will be considered an error rather than
a test failure. The default implementation does nothing.
tearDown()¶
Method called immediately after the test method has been called and the
result recorded. This is called even if the test method raised an
exception, so the implementation in subclasses may need to be particularly
careful about checking internal state. Any exception, other than
AssertionError or SkipTest, raised by this method will be
considered an additional error rather than a test failure (thus increasing
the total number of reported errors). This method will only be called if
the setUp() succeeds, regardless of the outcome of the test method.
The default implementation does nothing.
setUpClass()¶
A class method called before tests in an individual class are run.
setUpClass is called with the class as the only argument
and must be decorated as a classmethod():
@classmethod
def setUpClass(cls):
...
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tearDownClass()¶
A class method called after tests in an individual class have run.
tearDownClass is called with the class as the only argument
and must be decorated as a classmethod():
@classmethod
def tearDownClass(cls):
...
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run(result=None)¶
Run the test, collecting the result into the TestResult object
passed as result. If result is omitted or None, a temporary
result object is created (by calling the defaultTestResult()
method) and used. The result object is returned to run()'s
caller.
The same effect may be had by simply calling the TestCase
instance.
在 3.3 版更改:Previous versions of run did not return the result. Neither did
calling an instance.
skipTest(reason)¶
Calling this during a test method or setUp() skips the current
test. See 跳过测试与预计的失败 for more information.
3.1 新版功能.
subTest(msg=None, **params)¶
Return a context manager which executes the enclosed code block as a
subtest. msg and params are optional, arbitrary values which are
displayed whenever a subtest fails, allowing you to identify them
clearly.
A test case can contain any number of subtest declarations, and
they can be arbitrarily nested.
3.4 新版功能.
debug()¶
Run the test without collecting the result. This allows exceptions raised
by the test to be propagated to the caller, and can be used to support
running tests under a debugger.
The TestCase class provides several assert methods to check for and
report failures. The following table lists the most commonly used methods
(see the tables below for more assert methods):
All the assert methods accept a msg argument that, if specified, is used
as the error message on failure (see also longMessage).
Note that the msg keyword argument can be passed to assertRaises(),
assertRaisesRegex(), assertWarns(), assertWarnsRegex()
only when they are used as a context manager.
assertEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
Test that first and second are equal. If the values do not
compare equal, the test will fail.
In addition, if first and second are the exact same type and one of
list, tuple, dict, set, frozenset or str or any type that a subclass
registers with addTypeEqualityFunc() the type-specific equality
function will be called in order to generate a more useful default
error message (see also the list of type-specific methods).
在 3.1 版更改:Added the automatic calling of type-specific equality function.
在 3.2 版更改:assertMultiLineEqual() added as the default type equality
function for comparing strings.
assertNotEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
Test that first and second are not equal. If the values do
compare equal, the test will fail.
assertTrue(expr, msg=None)¶
assertFalse(expr, msg=None)¶
Test that expr is true (or false).
Note that this is equivalent to bool(expr) is True and not to expr
is True (use assertIs(expr, True) for the latter). This method
should also be avoided when more specific methods are available (e.g.
assertEqual(a, b) instead of assertTrue(a == b)), because they
provide a better error message in case of failure.
assertIs(first, second, msg=None)¶
assertIsNot(first, second, msg=None)¶
Test that first and second are (or are not) the same object.
3.1 新版功能.
assertIsNone(expr, msg=None)¶
assertIsNotNone(expr, msg=None)¶
Test that expr is (or is not) None.
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assertIn(member, container, msg=None)¶
assertNotIn(member, container, msg=None)¶
Test that member is (or is not) in container.
3.1 新版功能.
assertIsInstance(obj, cls, msg=None)¶
assertNotIsInstance(obj, cls, msg=None)¶
Test that obj is (or is not) an instance of cls (which can be a
class or a tuple of classes, as supported by isinstance()).
To check for the exact type, use assertIs(type(obj), cls).
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It is also possible to check the production of exceptions, warnings, and
log messages using the following methods:
Method
Checks that
New in
fun(*args, **kwds) raises exc
and the message matches regex r
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fun(*args, **kwds) raises warn
and the message matches regex r
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The with block logs on logger
with minimum level
3.4
assertRaises(exception, callable, *args, **kwds)¶
assertRaises(exception, *, msg=None)
Test that an exception is raised when callable is called with any
positional or keyword arguments that are also passed to
assertRaises(). The test passes if exception is raised, is an
error if another exception is raised, or fails if no exception is raised.
To catch any of a group of exceptions, a tuple containing the exception
classes may be passed as exception.
If only the exception and possibly the msg arguments are given,
return a context manager so that the code under test can be written
inline rather than as a function:
with self.assertRaises(SomeException):
do_something()
When used as a context manager, assertRaises() accepts the
additional keyword argument msg.
The context manager will store the caught exception object in its
exception attribute. This can be useful if the intention
is to perform additional checks on the exception raised:
with self.assertRaises(SomeException) as cm:
do_something()
the_exception = cm.exception
self.assertEqual(the_exception.error_code, 3)
在 3.1 版更改:Added the ability to use assertRaises() as a context manager.
在 3.2 版更改:Added the exception attribute.
在 3.3 版更改:Added the msg keyword argument when used as a context manager.
assertRaisesRegex(exception, regex, callable, *args, **kwds)¶
assertRaisesRegex(exception, regex, *, msg=None)
Like assertRaises() but also tests that regex matches
on the string representation of the raised exception. regex may be
a regular expression object or a string containing a regular expression
suitable for use by re.search(). Examples:
self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "invalid literal for.*XYZ'$",
int, 'XYZ')
或者:
with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'literal'):
int('XYZ')
3.1 新版功能:Added under the name assertRaisesRegexp.
在 3.2 版更改:Renamed to assertRaisesRegex().
在 3.3 版更改:Added the msg keyword argument when used as a context manager.
assertWarns(warning, callable, *args, **kwds)¶
assertWarns(warning, *, msg=None)
Test that a warning is triggered when callable is called with any
positional or keyword arguments that are also passed to
assertWarns(). The test passes if warning is triggered and
fails if it isn't. Any exception is an error.
To catch any of a group of warnings, a tuple containing the warning
classes may be passed as warnings.
If only the warning and possibly the msg arguments are given,
return a context manager so that the code under test can be written
inline rather than as a function:
with self.assertWarns(SomeWarning):
do_something()
When used as a context manager, assertWarns() accepts the
additional keyword argument msg.
The context manager will store the caught warning object in its
warning attribute, and the source line which triggered the
warnings in the filename and lineno attributes.
This can be useful if the intention is to perform additional checks
on the warning caught:
with self.assertWarns(SomeWarning) as cm:
do_something()
self.assertIn('myfile.py', cm.filename)
self.assertEqual(320, cm.lineno)
This method works regardless of the warning filters in place when it
is called.
3.2 新版功能.
在 3.3 版更改:Added the msg keyword argument when used as a context manager.
assertWarnsRegex(warning, regex, callable, *args, **kwds)¶
assertWarnsRegex(warning, regex, *, msg=None)
Like assertWarns() but also tests that regex matches on the
message of the triggered warning. regex may be a regular expression
object or a string containing a regular expression suitable for use
by re.search(). Example:
self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning,
r'legacy_function\(\) is deprecated',
legacy_function, 'XYZ')
或者:
with self.assertWarnsRegex(RuntimeWarning, 'unsafe frobnicating'):
frobnicate('/etc/passwd')
3.2 新版功能.
在 3.3 版更改:Added the msg keyword argument when used as a context manager.
assertLogs(logger=None, level=None)¶
A context manager to test that at least one message is logged on
the logger or one of its children, with at least the given
level.
If given, logger should be a logging.Logger object or a
str giving the name of a logger. The default is the root
logger, which will catch all messages that were not blocked by a
non-propagating descendent logger.
If given, level should be either a numeric logging level or
its string equivalent (for example either "ERROR" or
logging.ERROR). The default is logging.INFO.
The test passes if at least one message emitted inside the with
block matches the logger and level conditions, otherwise it fails.
The object returned by the context manager is a recording helper
which keeps tracks of the matching log messages. It has two
attributes:
records¶
A list of logging.LogRecord objects of the matching
log messages.
output¶
A list of str objects with the formatted output of
matching messages.
示例:
with self.assertLogs('foo', level='INFO') as cm:
logging.getLogger('foo').info('first message')
logging.getLogger('foo.bar').error('second message')
self.assertEqual(cm.output, ['INFO:foo:first message',
'ERROR:foo.bar:second message'])
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There are also other methods used to perform more specific checks, such as:
Method
Checks that
New in
assertAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)¶
assertNotAlmostEqual(first, second, places=7, msg=None, delta=None)¶
Test that first and second are approximately (or not approximately)
equal by computing the difference, rounding to the given number of
decimal places (default 7), and comparing to zero. Note that these
methods round the values to the given number of decimal places (i.e.
like the round() function) and not significant digits.
If delta is supplied instead of places then the difference
between first and second must be less or equal to (or greater than) delta.
Supplying both delta and places raises a TypeError.
在 3.2 版更改:assertAlmostEqual() automatically considers almost equal objects
that compare equal. assertNotAlmostEqual() automatically fails
if the objects compare equal. Added the delta keyword argument.
assertGreater(first, second, msg=None)¶
assertGreaterEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
assertLess(first, second, msg=None)¶
assertLessEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
Test that first is respectively >, >=, < or <= than second depending
on the method name. If not, the test will fail:
>>>self.assertGreaterEqual(3, 4)
AssertionError: "3" unexpectedly not greater than or equal to "4"
3.1 新版功能.
assertRegex(text, regex, msg=None)¶
assertNotRegex(text, regex, msg=None)¶
测试一个 regex 是否匹配 文本。如果不匹配,错误信息中将包含匹配模式和 文本*(或部分匹配失败的 *文本)。regex 可以是正则表达式对象或能够用于 re.search() 的包含正则表达式的字符串。
3.1 新版功能:Added under the name assertRegexpMatches.
在 3.2 版更改:The method assertRegexpMatches() has been renamed to
assertRegex().
3.5 新版功能:The name assertNotRegexpMatches is a deprecated alias
for assertNotRegex().
assertCountEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
Test that sequence first contains the same elements as second,
regardless of their order. When they don't, an error message listing the
differences between the sequences will be generated.
Duplicate elements are not ignored when comparing first and
second. It verifies whether each element has the same count in both
sequences. Equivalent to:
assertEqual(Counter(list(first)), Counter(list(second)))
but works with sequences of unhashable objects as well.
3.2 新版功能.
The assertEqual() method dispatches the equality check for objects of
the same type to different type-specific methods. These methods are already
implemented for most of the built-in types, but it's also possible to
register new methods using addTypeEqualityFunc():
addTypeEqualityFunc(typeobj, function)¶
Registers a type-specific method called by assertEqual() to check
if two objects of exactly the same typeobj (not subclasses) compare
equal. function must take two positional arguments and a third msg=None
keyword argument just as assertEqual() does. It must raise
self.failureException(msg) when inequality
between the first two parameters is detected -- possibly providing useful
information and explaining the inequalities in details in the error
message.
3.1 新版功能.
The list of type-specific methods automatically used by
assertEqual() are summarized in the following table. Note
that it's usually not necessary to invoke these methods directly.
assertMultiLineEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
Test that the multiline string first is equal to the string second.
When not equal a diff of the two strings highlighting the differences
will be included in the error message. This method is used by default
when comparing strings with assertEqual().
3.1 新版功能.
assertSequenceEqual(first, second, msg=None, seq_type=None)¶
Tests that two sequences are equal. If a seq_type is supplied, both
first and second must be instances of seq_type or a failure will
be raised. If the sequences are different an error message is
constructed that shows the difference between the two.
This method is not called directly by assertEqual(), but
it's used to implement assertListEqual() and
assertTupleEqual().
3.1 新版功能.
assertListEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
assertTupleEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
Tests that two lists or tuples are equal. If not, an error message is
constructed that shows only the differences between the two. An error
is also raised if either of the parameters are of the wrong type.
These methods are used by default when comparing lists or tuples with
assertEqual().
3.1 新版功能.
assertSetEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
Tests that two sets are equal. If not, an error message is constructed
that lists the differences between the sets. This method is used by
default when comparing sets or frozensets with assertEqual().
Fails if either of first or second does not have a set.difference()
method.
3.1 新版功能.
assertDictEqual(first, second, msg=None)¶
Test that two dictionaries are equal. If not, an error message is
constructed that shows the differences in the dictionaries. This
method will be used by default to compare dictionaries in
calls to assertEqual().
3.1 新版功能.
Finally the TestCase provides the following methods and attributes:
fail(msg=None)¶
Signals a test failure unconditionally, with msg or None for
the error message.
failureException¶
This class attribute gives the exception raised by the test method. If a
test framework needs to use a specialized exception, possibly to carry
additional information, it must subclass this exception in order to "play
fair" with the framework. The initial value of this attribute is
AssertionError.
longMessage¶
This class attribute determines what happens when a custom failure message
is passed as the msg argument to an assertXYY call that fails.
True is the default value. In this case, the custom message is appended
to the end of the standard failure message.
When set to False, the custom message replaces the standard message.
The class setting can be overridden in individual test methods by assigning
an instance attribute, self.longMessage, to True or False before
calling the assert methods.
The class setting gets reset before each test call.
3.1 新版功能.
maxDiff¶
This attribute controls the maximum length of diffs output by assert
methods that report diffs on failure. It defaults to 80*8 characters.
Assert methods affected by this attribute are
assertSequenceEqual() (including all the sequence comparison
methods that delegate to it), assertDictEqual() and
assertMultiLineEqual().
Setting maxDiff to None means that there is no maximum length of
diffs.
3.2 新版功能.
Testing frameworks can use the following methods to collect information on
the test:
countTestCases()¶
Return the number of tests represented by this test object. For
TestCase instances, this will always be 1.
defaultTestResult()¶
Return an instance of the test result class that should be used for this
test case class (if no other result instance is provided to the
run() method).
For TestCase instances, this will always be an instance of
TestResult; subclasses of TestCase should override this
as necessary.
id()¶
Return a string identifying the specific test case. This is usually the
full name of the test method, including the module and class name.
shortDescription()¶
Returns a description of the test, or None if no description
has been provided. The default implementation of this method
returns the first line of the test method's docstring, if available,
or None.
在 3.1 版更改:In 3.1 this was changed to add the test name to the short description
even in the presence of a docstring. This caused compatibility issues
with unittest extensions and adding the test name was moved to the
TextTestResult in Python 3.2.
addCleanup(function, /, *args, **kwargs)¶
Add a function to be called after tearDown() to cleanup resources
used during the test. Functions will be called in reverse order to the
order they are added (LIFO). They
are called with any arguments and keyword arguments passed into
addCleanup() when they are added.
If setUp() fails, meaning that tearDown() is not called,
then any cleanup functions added will still be called.
3.1 新版功能.
doCleanups()¶
This method is called unconditionally after tearDown(), or
after setUp() if setUp() raises an exception.
It is responsible for calling all the cleanup functions added by
addCleanup(). If you need cleanup functions to be called
prior to tearDown() then you can call doCleanups()
yourself.
doCleanups() pops methods off the stack of cleanup
functions one at a time, so it can be called at any time.
3.1 新版功能.
classmethodaddClassCleanup(function, /, *args, **kwargs)¶
Add a function to be called after tearDownClass() to cleanup
resources used during the test class. Functions will be called in reverse
order to the order they are added (LIFO).
They are called with any arguments and keyword arguments passed into
addClassCleanup() when they are added.
If setUpClass() fails, meaning that tearDownClass() is not
called, then any cleanup functions added will still be called.
3.8 新版功能.
classmethoddoClassCleanups()¶
This method is called unconditionally after tearDownClass(), or
after setUpClass() if setUpClass() raises an exception.
It is responsible for calling all the cleanup functions added by
addClassCleanup(). If you need cleanup functions to be called
prior to tearDownClass() then you can call
doClassCleanups() yourself.
doClassCleanups() pops methods off the stack of cleanup
functions one at a time, so it can be called at any time.
3.8 新版功能.