Python Standard Library

Module unittest :: Class TestLoader

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type TestLoader

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 TestLoader

This class is responsible for loading tests according to various criteria and returning them wrapped in a Test

Nested Classes [hide private]

suiteClass
A test suite is a composite test consisting of a number of TestCases.

Instance Methods [hide private]

integer

sortTestMethodsUsing(x, y)
Return negative if x<y, zero if x==y, positive if x>y.

loadTestsFromTestCase(self, testCaseClass)
Return a suite of all tests cases contained in testCaseClass

loadTestsFromModule(self, module)
Return a suite of all tests cases contained in the given module

loadTestsFromName(self, name, module=None)
Return a suite of all tests cases given a string specifier.

loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module=None)
Return a suite of all tests cases found using the given sequence of string specifiers.

getTestCaseNames(self, testCaseClass)
Return a sorted sequence of method names found within testCaseClass

Class Variables [hide private]

testMethodPrefix = 'test'

Method Details [hide private]

loadTestsFromName(self, name, module=None)

Return a suite of all tests cases given a string specifier.

The name may resolve either to a module, a test case class, a test method within a test case class, or a callable object which returns a TestCase or TestSuite instance.

The method optionally resolves the names relative to a given module.

loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module=None)

Return a suite of all tests cases found using the given sequence of string specifiers. See 'loadTestsFromName()'.

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