bzrlib.tests.TestPrefixAliasRegistry : API documentation

A registry for test prefix aliases.

This helps implement shorcuts for the --starting-with selftest option. Overriding existing prefixes is not allowed but not fatal (a warning will be emitted).

Method	register	See Registry.register.
Method	resolve_alias	Replace the alias by the prefix in the given string.

Inherited from Registry:

Method	__init__	Create a new Registry.
Method	register_lazy	Register a new object to be loaded on request.
Method	get	Return the object register()'ed to the given key.
Method	get_prefix	Return an object whose key is a prefix of the supplied value.
Method	get_help	Get the help text associated with the given key
Method	get_info	Get the extra information associated with the given key
Method	remove	Remove a registered entry.
Method	__contains__	Undocumented
Method	keys	Get a list of registered entries
Method	iteritems	Undocumented
Method	items	Undocumented
Method	_add_help_and_info	Add the help and information about this key
Method	_get_module	Return the module the object will be or was loaded from.
Method	_get_key_or_default	Return either 'key' or the default key if key is None
Method	_set_default_key	Undocumented
Method	_get_default_key	Undocumented

def register(self, key, obj, help=None, info=None, override_existing=False):

overrides bzrlib.registry.Registry.register

See Registry.register.

Trying to override an existing alias causes a warning to be emitted, not a fatal execption.

def resolve_alias(self, id_start):

Replace the alias by the prefix in the given string.

Using an unknown prefix is an error to help catching typos.

b.t.TestPrefixAliasRegistry(registry.Registry) : class documentation