# HG changeset patch
# User Houzefa Abbasbhay <houzefa.abba@xcg-consulting.fr>
# Date 1513172706 -3600
#      Wed Dec 13 14:45:06 2017 +0100
# Branch 10.0
# Node ID e62406b4f18d27669f0b7e8ba1b7340e618f129d
# Parent  3bc821da07664784921a2eb774dff9c41d92531f
Test utilities

diff --git a/tests/util/__init__.py b/tests/util/__init__.py
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diff --git a/tests/util/odoo_tests.py b/tests/util/odoo_tests.py
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+++ b/tests/util/odoo_tests.py
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+##############################################################################
+#
+#    Xbus emitter for Odoo
+#    Copyright (C) 2015 XCG Consulting <http://odoo.consulting>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+#    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+#    License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+"""Utilities useful to Odoo tests.
+"""
+
+import odoo.models
+import odoo.tests
+
+
+class TestBase(odoo.tests.SingleTransactionCase):
+    """Provide some test helpers.
+    """
+
+    def createAndTest(self, model, value_list, custom_testers=None):
+        """Create records of the specified Odoo model using the specified
+        values, and ensure afterwards that records have been succesfully
+        created and that their values are the same as expected.
+
+        :param custom_testers: Mapping of testing functions to use when
+        comparing the recorded value to the one asked for by the test.
+        :type custom_testers: {
+            'field': f(test_instance, asked_value, recorded_value),
+        }.
+
+        :return: The created records.
+        :rtype: List of odoo.models.BaseModel instances.
+        """
+
+        if custom_testers is None:
+            custom_testers = {}
+
+        records = []
+
+        for values in value_list:
+
+            # Maintain a local copy as Odoo calls might modify it...
+            local_values = values.copy()
+
+            record = self.env[model].create(values)
+            records.append(record)
+
+            self.assertIsInstance(record, odoo.models.BaseModel)
+
+            for field, value in local_values.iteritems():
+
+                tester = (
+                    custom_testers.get(field) or
+                    TestBase.defaultValueTester
+                )
+                tester(self, value, getattr(record, field))
+
+        return records
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def defaultValueTester(test_instance, asked_value, recorded_value):
+        """Ensure what has been recorded is the same as what has been asked
+        for.
+        """
+
+        # Handle relational fields (Odoo record-sets).
+        if isinstance(recorded_value, odoo.models.BaseModel):
+            if isinstance(recorded_value, (tuple, list)):
+                test_instance.assertEqual(recorded_value.ids, asked_value)
+            else:
+                test_instance.assertEqual(recorded_value.id, asked_value)
+
+        else:
+            test_instance.assertEqual(recorded_value, asked_value)
diff --git a/tests/util/uuidgen.py b/tests/util/uuidgen.py
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+"""Utilities to handle unique ID generation.
+"""
+
+import uuid
+
+
+def genUuid(max_chars=None):
+    """Generate a unique ID and return its hex string representation.
+
+    :param max_chars: Maximum amount of characters to return (might not be a
+    true UUID then...).
+    :type max_chars: Integer.
+
+    :rtype: String.
+    """
+
+    ret = uuid.uuid4().hex
+
+    if max_chars is not None:
+        ret = ret[:max_chars]
+
+    return ret