Instances of the TestCase class represent the smallest
testable units in a set of tests. 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 test, and methods that the test code
can use to check for and report various kinds of failures.
class FunctionTestCase(testFunc[,
setUp[, tearDown[, description]]])
This class implements the portion of the TestCase interface
which allows the test runner to drive the test, but does not provide
the methods which test code can use to check and report errors.
This is used to create test cases using legacy test code, allowing
it to be integrated into a unittest-based test
framework.
This class represents an aggregation of individual tests cases and
test suites. The class presents the interface needed by the test
runner to allow it to be run as any other test case, but all the
contained tests and test suites are executed. Additional methods
are provided to add test cases and suites to the aggregation. If
tests is given, it must be a sequence of individual tests that
will be added to the suite.
This class is responsible for loading tests according to various
criteria and returning them wrapped in a TestSuite.
It can load all tests within a given module or TestCase
class. When loading from a module, it considers all
TestCase-derived classes. For each such class, it creates
an instance for each method with a name beginning with the string
"test".
Instance of the TestLoader class which can be shared. If no
customization of the TestLoader is needed, this instance can
always be used instead of creating new instances.
class TextTestRunner([stream[,
descriptions[, verbosity]]])
A basic test runner implementation which prints results on standard
output. It has a few configurable parameters, but is essentially
very simple. Graphical applications which run test suites should
provide alternate implementations.
A command-line program that runs a set of tests; this is primarily
for making test modules conveniently executable. The simplest use
for this function is:
