Re: [libvirt] [test-API PATCH 1/2] sharedmod: Add a new file for variable sharing in testcases
On 04/06/2012 11:14 AM, Guannan Ren wrote:
sharedmod.py: in root directory
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sharedmod.py | 13 +++++++++++++
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 sharedmod.py
diff --git a/sharedmod.py b/sharedmod.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3de5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sharedmod.py
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+# This is a module for variable sharing across testcases during
+# running. You have to import it in each of testcases which want
+# to share data. The framwork have already set 'conn' for use in
+# testcases.
+
+# connection object in libvirt.py
+conn = None
+
+# shared variables for customized use in testcases
+# Note: please set them to None at the end of sharing
+defined_var1 = None
+defined_var2 = None
+defined_var3 = None
I see this could be little more error-prone. And maybe little more
variable. I know we can add a variable for every test making use of some
sharemod persistence, but that would mean there will be big mess very
early. I would probably just do something like this for example:
data = {}
And then in the test when you want to use shared variable, you can do:
Setting:
sharedmod.data['my_test_variable'] = 'test_value'
Checking:
if sharedmod.data.has_key('my_test_valiable'):
# The value is set
Getting:
sharemod.data.get('my_test_variable', 'test_variable_default_value')
But if the current suits you better, I think you can go with it as well.
Martin