I wrote: [Mixin classes for tests that use reactors]
The test base class is finally publically available inder GPL for now: http://www.intevation.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs-greater.cgi/*checkout*/GREAT-ERModel/test/reactormixins.py?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain
Someone asked for a usage example in private mail. There are a few test cases in the same CVS repository that use the mix-ins, but more illustrative is probably a very simple example like this: import unittest from reactormixins import ReactorMixin class Test(unittest.TestCase, ReactorMixin): def setUp(self): """Extend inherited method to set later_has_been_called to 0""" self.later_has_been_called = 0 ReactorMixin.setUp(self) def test(self): """Simple test to show how to use ReactorMixin""" # scheduler self.later to be run after 0.1 seconds self.callLater(0.1, self.later) # run the reactor with a 10s time out self.run_reactor(10) self.assert_(self.later_has_been_called) def later(self): """Record that later has been called and stop the reactor""" self.later_has_been_called = 1 self.stop_reactor() if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main() This example doesn't do any networking but should give an idea of how to use the mixin classes. The networking support in the mixins is currently limited to listening because that all I needed so far. My testcases start sub-processes that connect to the reactor in the test case. Bernhard -- Intevation GmbH http://intevation.de/ Sketch http://sketch.sourceforge.net/ MapIt! http://www.mapit.de/