lp.testing.layers.LayerProcessController : API documentation

Controller for starting and stopping subprocesses.

Layers which need to start and stop a child process appserver or smtp server should call the methods in this class, but should NOT inherit from this class.

Class Method	setConfig	Stash a config for use.
Class Method	setUp	Undocumented
Class Method	startSMTPServer	Start the SMTP server if it hasn't already been started.
Class Method	startAppServer	Start the app server if it hasn't already been started.
Class Method	stopSMTPServer	Kill the SMTP server and wait until it's exited.
Class Method	stopAppServer	Kill the appserver and wait until it's exited.
Class Method	postTestInvariants	Enforce some invariants after each test.
Class Method	appserver_root_url	Undocumented
Class Method	_kill	Kill the appserver with `sig`.
Class Method	_cleanUpStaleAppServer	Kill any stale app server or pid file.
Class Method	_runAppServer	Start the app server using runlaunchpad.py
Class Method	_waitUntilAppServerIsReady	Wait until the app server accepts connection.

@classmethod
def _kill(cls, sig):

Kill the appserver with sig.

Parameters	sig	the signal to kill with (type: int)
Returns	True if the signal was delivered, otherwise False. (type: bool)

@classmethod
@profiled
def postTestInvariants(cls):

Enforce some invariants after each test.

Must be called in your layer class's testTearDown().

l.t.l.LayerProcessController : class documentation