Use a Mock instead of creating a fake config class

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Andrew Morgan 2021-01-10 22:14:20 -05:00
parent 106c452ee6
commit b28ce6d5e1

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@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
import unittest
from typing import Dict
from unittest.mock import Mock
from my_project_name.config import Config
from my_project_name.errors import ConfigError
class FakeConfigClass:
def __init__(self, my_test_config_dict: Dict):
self.config_dict = my_test_config_dict
class ConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
def test_get_cfg(self):
"""Test that Config._get_cfg works correctly"""
@ -17,30 +12,31 @@ class ConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
# Here's our test dictionary. Pretend that this was parsed from a YAML config file.
test_config_dict = {"a_key": 5, "some_key": {"some_other_key": "some_value"}}
# We create a fake config class. This class is needed as _get_cfg pulls config options
# from 'self.config_dict'. So, we make a class that has a self.config_dict, and fill it
# with our test config options.
fake_cfg = FakeConfigClass(my_test_config_dict=test_config_dict)
# We create a fake config using Mock. _get_cfg will attempt to pull from self.config_dict,
# so we use a Mock to quickly create a dummy class, and set the 'config_dict' attribute to
# our test dictionary.
fake_config = Mock()
fake_config.config_dict = test_config_dict
# Now let's make some calls to Config._get_cfg. We provide 'fake_cfg' as the first argument
# as a substitute for 'self'. _get_cfg will then be pulling values from fake_cfg.config_dict.
# Test that we can get the value of a top-level key
self.assertEqual(
Config._get_cfg(fake_cfg, ["a_key"]),
Config._get_cfg(fake_config, ["a_key"]),
5,
)
# Test that we can get the value of a nested key
self.assertEqual(
Config._get_cfg(fake_cfg, ["some_key", "some_other_key"]),
Config._get_cfg(fake_config, ["some_key", "some_other_key"]),
"some_value",
)
# Test that the value provided by the default option is used when a key does not exist
self.assertEqual(
Config._get_cfg(
fake_cfg,
fake_config,
["a_made_up_key", "this_does_not_exist"],
default="The default",
),
@ -49,20 +45,20 @@ class ConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
# Test that the value provided by the default option is *not* used when a key *does* exist
self.assertEqual(
Config._get_cfg(fake_cfg, ["a_key"], default="The default"),
Config._get_cfg(fake_config, ["a_key"], default="The default"),
5,
)
# Test that keys that do not exist raise a ConfigError when the required argument is True
with self.assertRaises(ConfigError):
Config._get_cfg(
fake_cfg, ["a_made_up_key", "this_does_not_exist"], required=True
fake_config, ["a_made_up_key", "this_does_not_exist"], required=True
)
# Test that a ConfigError is not returned when a non-existent key is provided and required is False
self.assertIsNone(
Config._get_cfg(
fake_cfg, ["a_made_up_key", "this_does_not_exist"], required=False
fake_config, ["a_made_up_key", "this_does_not_exist"], required=False
)
)
@ -70,7 +66,7 @@ class ConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
# (Typically one shouldn't use a default with required=True anyways...)
self.assertEqual(
Config._get_cfg(
fake_cfg,
fake_config,
["a_made_up_key", "this_does_not_exist"],
default="something",
required=True,