On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am involved in a project that's using django with the mako_django > package for template rendering. I'm working on the unit tests, but > I'm running into the problem that the context and template are not > returned after a query from the test client (the members in the > response are empty). I'm assuming that the reason for this is that > I'm using a non standard template system, and I was wondering if there > is a good way to add the full testing support to another template > language. > > Can anyone give me some advice about how to get the test framework > working with an alternate template system?
The Django test client logs templates and contexts by adding signal handlers during the setup phase of the test process. This setup phase instruments the Django template language so that whenever a template is rendered, a signal is fired; the test client listens for that signal, and the the template and context detail is saved for later use. If you are using a different template language, you will need to provide similar instrumentation. As long as your template language uses the a "template + context" approach to rendering, you should be able to use the same signal. The instrumentation is defined in django/test/utils.py. instrumented_test_render() is the instrumented rendering mechanism; it is installed using setup_test_environment(), and removed again using teardown_test_environment(); these methods are invoked as part of the Django test runner. If you write your own setup/teardown, you can install your own instrumentation; you then need to define a custom test runner that will invoke your own setup and teardown scheme. This process of integrating custom setup/teardown processes is certainly something that could be optimized; I'm open to any suggestions as to how it could be improved (I have a few ideas, but I'd like to hear opinions from a fresh mind before I introduce them). Yours, Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
