ftw.builder
===========
Create Plone objects in tests with the
`Builder Pattern <http://www.oodesign.com/builder-pattern.html>`_.
The builder pattern simplifies constructing objects.
In tests we often need to create Plone objects, sometimes a single object,
sometimes a whole graph of objects.
Using the builder pattern allows us to do this in a DRY way, so that we do not
need to repeat this over and over again.
.. code:: python
from ftw.builder import create
from ftw.builder import Builder
def test_foo(self):
folder = create(Builder('folder')
.titled('My Folder')
.in_state('published'))
.. contents:: Table of Contents
Installation
------------
Add ``ftw.builder`` as (test-) dependency to your package in ``setup.py``:
.. code:: python
tests_require = [
'ftw.builder',
]
setup(name='my.package',
tests_require=tests_require,
extras_require={'tests': tests_require})
Usage
-----
Setup builder session in your testcase:
.. code:: python
from ftw.builder import session
class TestPerson(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
session.current_session = session.factory()
def tearDown(self):
session.current_session = None
In plone projects you can use the ``BUILDER_LAYER`` which your testing layer should base on.
So the the session management is handled by the ``BUILDER_LAYER``:
.. code:: python
from ftw.builder.testing import BUILDER_LAYER
class MyPackageLayer(PloneSandboxLayer):
defaultBases = (PLONE_FIXTURE, BUILDER_LAYER)
Use the builder for creating objects in your tests:
.. code:: python
from ftw.builder import Builder
from ftw.builder import create
from my.package.testing import MY_PACKAGE_INTEGRATION_TESTING
from unittest import TestCase
class TestMyFeature(TestCase)
layer = MY_PACKAGE_INTEGRATION_TESTING
def test_folder_is_well_titled(self):
folder = create(Builder('folder')
.titled('My Folder')
.in_state('published'))
self.assertEquals('My Folder', folder.Title())
Session
~~~~~~~
The ``BuilderSession`` keeps configuration for multiple builders. It is set up
and destroyed by the ``BUILDER_LAYER`` and can be configured or replaced by a
custom session with ``set_builder_session_factory``.
Auto commit
+++++++++++
When using a functional testing layer (``plone.app.testing.FunctionalTesting``)
and doing browser tests it is necessary for new objects to be committed in
the ZODB. However, when using a ``IntegrationTesting`` it is essential
that nothing is committed, since this would break test isolation.
The session provides the ``auto_commit`` option (disabled by default), which
commits to the ZODB after creating an object. Since it is disabled by default
you need to enable it in functional test cases.
A default session factory ``functional_session_factory`` that enables the
auto-commit feature is provided:
.. code:: python
def functional_session_factory():
sess = BuilderSession()
sess.auto_commit = True
return sess
You can use ``set_builder_session_factory`` to replace the default session
factory in functional tests. Make sure to also base your fixture on the
``BUILDER_LAYER`` fixture:
.. code:: python
from ftw.builder.session import BuilderSession
from ftw.builder.testing import BUILDER_LAYER
from ftw.builder.testing import functional_session_factory
from ftw.builder.testing import set_builder_session_factory
from plone.app.testing import FunctionalTesting
from plone.app.testing import IntegrationTesting
from plone.app.testing import PLONE_FIXTURE
from plone.app.testing import PloneSandboxLayer
class MyPackageLayer(PloneSandboxLayer):
defaultBases = (PLONE_FIXTURE, BUILDER_LAYER)
MY_PACKAGE_FIXTURE = MyPackageLayer()
MY_PACKAGE_INTEGRATION_TESTING = IntegrationTesting(
bases=(MY_PACKAGE_FIXTURE, ),
name="MyPackage:Integration")
MY_PACKAGE_FUNCTIONAL_TESTING = FunctionalTesting(
bases=(MY_PACKAGE_FIXTURE,
set_builder_session_factory(functional_session_factory)),
name="MyPackage:Integration")
Plone object builders
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When creating Plone objects (Archetypes or Dexterity) there are some methods for
setting basic options:
- ``within(container)`` - tell the builder where to create the object
- ``titled(title)`` - name the object
- ``having(field=value)`` - set the value of any field on the object
- ``in_state(review_state)`` - set the object into any review state of the workflow
configured for this type
- ``providing(interface1, interface2, ...)`` - let the object provide interfaces
- ``with_property(name, value, value_type='string')`` - set a property
Default builders
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ``ftw.builder`` ships with some builders for some of the default Plone
content types, but the idea is that you can easily craft your own builders for
your types or extend existing builders.
The built-in builders are:
- ``folder`` - creates a Folder
- ``page`` (or ``document``) - creates a Page (alias Document)
- ``file`` - creates a File
- ``image`` - creates an Image
- ``collection`` (or ``topic``) - creates a Collection
- ``link`` - creates a Link
There are two builder implementations, an Archetypes (Plone < 5) and a
Dexterity (Plone >= 5) implementation.
When using ``plone.app.contenttypes`` with Plone 4, you may want to switch
the builders to dexterity:
.. code:: python
from ftw.builder.content import at_content_builders_registered
from ftw.builder.content import dx_content_builders_registered
from ftw.builder.content import register_at_content_builders
from ftw.builder.content import register_dx_content_builders
# permanently
register_dx_content_builders(force=True)
# temporary
with dx_content_builders_registered():
# do stuff
Attaching files
+++++++++++++++
The default Archetypes file builder lets you attach a file or create the file
with dummy content. The archetypes image builder provides a real image (1x1 px GIF):
.. code:: python
file1 = create(Builder('file')
.with_dummy_content())
file2 = create(Builder('file')
.attach_file_containing('File content', name='filename.pdf')
image1 = create(Builder('image')
.with_dummy_content())
Users builder
+++++++++++++
There is a "user" builder registered by default.
By default the user is named John Doe:
.. code:: python
john = create(Builder('user'))
john.getId() == "john.doe"
john.getProperty('fullname') == "Doe John"
john.getProperty('email') == "john@doe.com"
john.getRoles() == ['Member', 'Authenticated']
Changing the name of the user changes also the userid and the email address.
You can also configure all the other necessary things:
.. code:: python
folder = create(Builder('folder'))
hugo = create(Builder('user')
.named('Hugo', 'Boss')
.with_roles('Contributor')
.with_roles('Editor', on=folder))
hugo.getId() == 'hugo.boss'
hugo.getProperty('fullname') == 'Boss Hugo'
hugo.getProperty('email') == 'hugo@boss.com'
hugo.getRoles() == ['Contributor', 'Authenticated']
hugo.getRolesInContext(folder) == ['Contributor', 'Authenticated', 'Editor']
Groups builder
++++++++++++++
The "group" builder helps you create groups:
.. code:: python
folder = create(Builder('folder'))
user = create(Builder('user'))
group = create(Builder('group')
.titled('Administrators')
.with_roles('Site Administrator')
.with_roles('Editor', on=folder)
.with_members(user))
Creating new builders
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The idea is that you create your own builders for your application.
This might be builders creating a single Plone object (Archetypes or Dexterity)
or builders creating a set of objects using other builders.
Creating python builders
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Define a simple builder class for your python object and register it in the builder registry
.. code:: python
class PersonBuilder(object):
def __init__(self, session):
self.session = session
self.children_names = []
self.arguments = {}
def of_age(self):
self.arguments['age'] = 18
return self
def with_children(self, children_names):
self.children_names = children_names
return self
def having(self, **kwargs):
self.arguments.update(kwargs)
return self
def create(self, **kwargs):
person = Person(
self.arguments.get('name'),
self.arguments.get('age'))
for name in self.children_names:
person.add_child(
create(Builder('person').having(name=name, age=5))
)
return person
builder_registry.register('person', PersonBuilder)
Creating Archetypes builders
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Use the ``ArchetypesBuilder`` base class for creating new Archetypes builders.
Set the ``portal_type`` and your own methods.
.. code:: python
from ftw.builder.archetypes import ArchetypesBuilder
from ftw.builder import builder_registry
class NewsBuilder(ArchetypesBuilder):
portal_type = 'News Item'
def containing(self, text):
self.arguments['text'] = text
return self
builder_registry.register('news', NewsBuilder)
Creating Dexterity builders
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Use the ``DexterityBuilder`` base class for creating new Dexterity builders.
Set the ``portal_type`` and your own methods.
.. code:: python
from ftw.builder.dexterity import DexterityBuilder
from ftw.builder import builder_registry
class DocumentBuilder(DexterityBuilder):
portal_type = 'dexterity.document'
def with_dummy_content(self):
self.arguments["file"] = NamedBlobFile(data='Test data', filename='test.doc')
return self
Events
++++++
You can do things before and after creating the object:
.. code:: python
class MyBuilder(ArchetypesBuilder):
def before_create(self):
super(NewsBuilder, self).before_create()
do_something()
def after_create(self):
do_something()
super(NewsBuilder, self).after_create()
Overriding existing builders
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Sometimes it is necessary to override an existing builder.
For re-registering an existing builder you can use
the ``force`` flag:
.. code:: python
builder_registry.register('file', CustomFileBuilder, force=True)
Ticking frozen clock forward on create
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
With ``ftw.testing`` it is possible to
`freeze the time <https://github.com/4teamwork/ftw.testing#freezing-datetime-now>`_.
When freezing the time and creating multiple objects, they will all end up with
the same creation date. This can cause an inconsistent sorting order.
In order to solve this problem, ``ftw.builder`` provides a ``ticking_creator``,
which moves the clock forward every time an object is created.
This means we have distinct, consistent creation dates.
Usage example:
.. code:: python
from datetime import datetime
from ftw.builder import Builder
from ftw.builder import ticking_creator
from ftw.testing import freeze
with freeze(datetime(2010, 1, 1)) as clock:
create = ticking_creator(clock, days=1)
self.assertEquals(DateTime(2010, 1, 1),
create(Builder('folder')).created())
self.assertEquals(DateTime(2010, 1, 2),
create(Builder('folder')).created())
self.assertEquals(DateTime(2010, 1, 3),
create(Builder('folder')).created())
It is convenient to install the ticking creator globally, so if builder
creates objects with another builder, it also ticks the clock for the
nested builder call.
This can be achieved by using the ticking creator as context manager:
.. code:: python
from datetime import datetime
from ftw.builder import Builder
from ftw.builder import create
from ftw.builder import ticking_creator
from ftw.testing import freeze
with freeze(datetime(2010, 1, 1)) as clock:
with ticking_creator(clock, days=1):
self.assertEquals(DateTime(2010, 1, 1),
create(Builder('folder')).created())
self.assertEquals(DateTime(2010, 1, 2),
create(Builder('folder')).created())
self.assertEquals(DateTime(2010, 1, 3),
create(Builder('folder')).created())
Other builders
--------------
Python package builder
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Python package builder builds a python package on the file system.
- creates a setup.py
- namespace packages are supported
- builds the egg-info
- creates a configure.zcml on demand
Example:
.. code:: python
>>> import tempfile
>>> tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
>>> package = create(Builder('python package')
... .at_path(tempdir)
... .named('my.package')
...
... .with_root_directory('docs')
... .with_root_file('docs/HISTORY.txt', 'CHANGELOG...')
... .with_file('resources/print.css', 'body {}', makedirs=True)
...
... .with_subpackage(Builder('subpackage')
... .named('browser')))
>>>
>>> with package.imported() as module:
... print module
...
<module 'my.package' from '...../tmpcAZhM2/my/package/__init__.py'>
It is also possible to create / load ZCML, all you need is a stacked configuration context.
Plone's testing layers provide a configuration context, but be aware that the component
registry is not isolated.
You may want to isolate the component registry with
`plone.testing.zca.pushGlobalRegistry <https://github.com/plone/plone.testing/blob/master/src/plone/testing/zca.py#L54>`_.
.. code:: python
package = create(
Builder('python package')
.named('the.package')
.at_path(self.layer['temp_directory'])
.with_subpackage(
Builder('subpackage')
.named('browser')
.with_file('hello_world.pt', '"Hello World"')
.with_zcml_node('browser:page',
**{'name': 'hello-world.json',
'template': 'hello_world.pt',
'permission': 'zope2.View',
'for': '*'})))
with package.zcml_loaded(self.layer['configurationContext']):
self.assertEqual('"Hello World"',
self.layer['portal'].restrictedTraverse('hello-world.json')())
Generic Setup profile builder
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The "genericsetup profile" builder helps building a profile within a python package:
.. code:: python
create(Builder('python package')
.named('the.package')
.at_path(self.layer['temp_directory'])
.with_profile(Builder('genericsetup profile')
.with_fs_version('3109')
.with_dependencies('collective.foo:default')
.with_file('types/MyType.xml', '<object></object>',
makedirs=True)))
Plone upgrade step builder
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Builds a Generic Setup upgrade step for a package:
.. code:: python
create(Builder('python package')
.named('the.package')
.at_path(self.layer['temp_directory'])
.with_profile(Builder('genericsetup profile')
.with_upgrade(Builder('plone upgrade step')
.upgrading('1000', '1001')
.titled('Add some actions...')
.with_description('Some details...'))))
ZCML file builder
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ZCML builder builds a ZCML file:
.. code:: python
create(Builder('zcml')
.at_path('/path/to/my/package/configure.zcml')
.with_i18n_domain('my.package')
.include('.browser')
.include('Products.GenericSetup', file='meta.zcml')
.include(file='profiles.zcml')
.with_node('i18n:registerTranslations', directory='locales'))
Portlet builder
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ``ftw.builder`` ships with a few builders for Plone portlets, but the
idea is that you can easily craft your own builders for your portlets or
extend existing builders.
Example:
.. code:: python
from ftw.builder import builder_registry
from ftw.builder.portlets import PlonePortletBuilder
from my.package.portlets import my_portlet
class MyPortletBuilder(PlonePortletBuilder):
assignment_class = my_portlet.Assignment
builder_registry.register('my portlet', MyPortletBuilder)
The built-in builders are:
- ``static portlet`` - creates a static portlet
- ``navigation portlet`` - creates a navigation portlet
Development / Tests
-------------------
.. code:: bash
$ git clone https://github.com/4teamwork/ftw.builder.git
$ cd ftw.builder
$ ln -s development.cfg buildout.cfg
$ python2.7 bootstrap.py
$ ./bin/buildout
$ ./bin/test
Links
-----
- Github: https://github.com/4teamwork/ftw.builder
- Issues: https://github.com/4teamwork/ftw.builder/issues
- Pypi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ftw.builder
- Continuous integration: https://jenkins.4teamwork.ch/search?q=ftw.builder
Copyright
---------
This package is copyright by `4teamwork <http://www.4teamwork.ch/>`_.
``ftw.builder`` is licensed under GNU General Public License, version 2.
Changelog
=========
2.0.0 (2019-12-04)
------------------
- Add support for Plone 5.2 and Python 3. [buchi]
1.12.0 (2019-11-27)
-------------------
- Add ATLinkBuilder and DXLinkBuilder. [djowett-ftw]
1.11.1 (2017-06-20)
-------------------
- Fix typos. [mbaechtold]
1.11.0 (2017-06-16)
-------------------
- Make ticking creator installable globally by using as context manager. [jone]
- Fix test: test_object_providing_interface_updates_catalog: Asks catalog instead of index (query lazyness) [tarnap]
- Fix dexterity image builder [tarnap]
1.10.0 (2017-03-01)
-------------------
- Add "ticking_creator", ticking a frozen clock. [jone]
1.9.0 (2016-09-19)
------------------
- Add ".with_property" method to content builders. [jone]
1.8.1 (2016-06-30)
------------------
- Fix plone.app.dexterity dependency in order to better support Plone 4.2. [jone]
1.8.0 (2016-06-29)
------------------
- Add content manager for switching to AT / DX content builders. [jone]
- Require dexterity. [jone]
1.7.5 (2016-05-26)
------------------
- DX: Bind zope.schema fields when determining default values in order to
have a context (i.e. container) to pass to an IContextAwareDefaultFactory.
[lgraf]
1.7.4 (2016-03-30)
------------------
- Fix setting values for dexterity-readonly fields.
[elioschmutz]
- Fix encoding problem when creating AT blobs. [jone]
1.7.3 (2015-12-11)
------------------
- UserBuilder: add method to create a user within specified groups.
[deiferni]
1.7.2 (2015-09-30)
------------------
- DX-Builder: Initialize attributes only with set_field_values.
No longer pass all arguments to createContent to avoid setting fields that
are stored in annotations as attributes as well.
[deiferni]
1.7.1 (2015-08-20)
------------------
- Add conditional import for Relationvalues since we don't always have z3c.relation.
[tschanzt]
1.7.0 (2015-08-20)
------------------
- Automatically create relation-values from plone content-types while setting field-values.
[deiferni]
- Add support for building portlets.
[mbaechtold]
1.6.3 (2015-05-28)
------------------
- Genericsetup builder: fix error when creating same folder multiple times.
[jone]
1.6.2 (2015-05-20)
------------------
- Package builder: make package version configurable.
[jone]
1.6.1 (2015-05-20)
------------------
- Package builder: update pkg_resources working set when loading package.
[jone]
- Add creation date setter to builder.
[mbaechtold]
1.6.0 (2014-12-31)
------------------
- Add more default builders:
- a "zcml" builder for creating ZCML files
- a "python package" builder for creating python package on the file system
- a "namespace package" builder, used internally by the "python package" builder
- a "subpackage" builder for extending a python package with nested packages
- a "genericsetup profile" builder
- a "plone upgrade step" builder for building Generic Setup upgrade steps
[jone]
1.5.2 (2014-12-06)
------------------
- File builder: fix default filename encoding for AT.
This was a regression in 1.5.0, where filenames were changed to unicode
because of the consolidation of Archetypes and Dexterity builders.
[jone]
1.5.1 (2014-12-03)
------------------
- Fix NamedBlobFile import issue for Plone <= 4.2 where blobs are optional.
[jone]
1.5.0 (2014-12-03)
------------------
- Restore Plone 4.1 compatibility by making any DX imports conditional.
[lgraf]
- Plone 5 support: default content builders are switched to the dexterity implementation
by default for Plone >= 5.
The builder classes were moved from ``archetypes`` module to ``content`` module.
[jone]
1.4.0 (2014-09-04)
------------------
- Implement collection builder.
[jone]
- Fixed default value setter for different "owners" field.
[phgross]
1.3.4 (2014-08-29)
------------------
- DxBuilder: Fix encoding problem when filling default value for "owners" field.
[jone]
1.3.3 (2014-06-05)
------------------
- DxBuilder: Fix check if field is present (to determine if default values should be set).
[lgraf]
- DxBuilder: Make sure default values are set before adding content to container.
[lgraf]
1.3.2 (2014-05-29)
------------------
- Update object_provides in catalog when using provides().
[jone]
1.3.1 (2014-03-26)
------------------
- Provide a real image (1x1 px GIF) for the Archetypes ImageBuilder.
[mathias.leimgruber]
1.3.0 (2014-03-25)
------------------
- Implement ATImage builder.
[jone]
- Reindex object security after setting local roles for a principal.
[mathias.leimgruber]
- Support "on" keyword argument for with_roles method in group builder.
[mathias.leimgruber]
1.2.0 (2014-01-31)
------------------
- Add `providing()` method to Plone builder,
letting the object provide interfaces.
[jone]
- Don't use IDNormalizer for Mail. It handles Umlauts weird.
[tschanzt]
1.1.0 (2013-09-13)
------------------
- Add groups builder.
[jone]
- Add users builder.
[jone]
- Added modification date setter for PloneObject Builders.
[phgross]
1.0.0 (2013-08-12)
------------------
- Added dexterity support.
[phgross]
- Initial implementation
[jone]