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@@ -46,20 +46,24 @@ module defines tests using a class-based approach.
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.. _unittest2: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/unittest2
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-Here is an example :class:`unittest.TestCase` subclass::
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+Here is an example which subclasses from :class:`django.test.TestCase`,
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+which is a subclass of :class:`unittest.TestCase` that runs each test inside a
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+transaction to provide isolation::
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- from django.utils import unittest
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+ from django.test import TestCase
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from myapp.models import Animal
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- class AnimalTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
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+ class AnimalTestCase(TestCase):
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def setUp(self):
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- self.lion = Animal(name="lion", sound="roar")
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- self.cat = Animal(name="cat", sound="meow")
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+ Animal.objects.create(name="lion", sound="roar")
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+ Animal.objects.create(name="cat", sound="meow")
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def test_animals_can_speak(self):
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"""Animals that can speak are correctly identified"""
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- self.assertEqual(self.lion.speak(), 'The lion says "roar"')
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- self.assertEqual(self.cat.speak(), 'The cat says "meow"')
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+ lion = Animal.objects.get(name="lion")
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+ cat = Animal.objects.get(name="cat")
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+ self.assertEqual(lion.speak(), 'The lion says "roar"')
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+ self.assertEqual(cat.speak(), 'The cat says "meow"')
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When you :ref:`run your tests <running-tests>`, the default behavior of the
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test utility is to find all the test cases (that is, subclasses of
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@@ -80,11 +84,11 @@ For more details about :mod:`unittest`, see the Python documentation.
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be sure to create your test classes as subclasses of
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:class:`django.test.TestCase` rather than :class:`unittest.TestCase`.
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- In the example above, we instantiate some models but do not save them to
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- the database. Using :class:`unittest.TestCase` avoids the cost of running
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- each test in a transaction and flushing the database, but for most
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- applications the scope of tests you will be able to write this way will
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- be fairly limited, so it's easiest to use :class:`django.test.TestCase`.
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+ Using :class:`unittest.TestCase` avoids the cost of running each test in a
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+ transaction and flushing the database, but if your tests interact with
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+ the database their behavior will vary based on the order that the test
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+ runner executes them. This can lead to unit tests that pass when run in
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+ isolation but fail when run in a suite.
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.. _running-tests:
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