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POPython Unittest2 - avoid including a TestCase in discover()
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copied!<p>I'm using <code>unittest2</code> on <code>Python2.5</code> to discover tests with <code>unittest.TestLoader.discover</code>, like this:</p> <pre><code>suite = unittest2.loader.TestLoader().discover(test_path) unittest2.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2, resultclass=ColorTestResult).run(suite) </code></pre> <p>for some <code>test_path</code> at the base of my project.</p> <p>I've a base class that's extended and overloaded by numerous others, but I'd like to test that those derivatives do not have regressions. Let's call that base class <code>A</code> and its derivates <code>A1</code>, <code>A2</code>, etc.</p> <p>I'd like to create a <code>unittest2.TestCase</code> base class that can be overloaded for each of the derivatives of <code>A</code>. In other words, I'd like to have a hierarchy something like this:</p> <pre><code>class A: pass class A1(A): pass class UT(unittest2.TestCase): target = A class UT2(UT): target = A1 </code></pre> <p>Now the trick is that I'm making <code>A</code> into an abstract class, and <code>UT</code> will fail on virtually all of the test cases that would appropriately pass for <code>UT2</code>, etc.</p> <p>The simplest solution to me seems to be to have unittest2's <code>discover</code> somehow "skip" <code>UT</code>. I would think this would be possible by putting it into a file other than one matching patter 'test*.py', though this seems not to be the case.</p> <p>Are there any solutions to the above scenario that might be appropriate?</p> <p>I'd be grateful for any thoughts and suggestions.</p>

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