Test Driven Development: By Example

Chapter 23

How Suite It Is

Invoke test method

Invoke setUp first

Invoke tearDown afterward

Invoke tearDown even if the test method fails

Run multiple tests

Report collected results

Log string in WasRun

Report failed tests

Catch and report setUp errors

We can’t leave xUnit without visiting TestSuite. The end of our file, where we invoke all of the tests, is looking pretty ratty:

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print TestCaseTest("testTemplateMethod").run().summary()
print TestCaseTest("testResult").run().summary()
print TestCaseTest("testFailedResultFormatting").run().summary()
print TestCaseTest("testFailedResult").run().summary()

Duplication is always a bad thing, unless you look at it as motivation to find the missing design element. Here ...