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+++ b/test/test_status.py	Fri Mar 09 18:23:09 2007 +0100
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+# Copyright (C) 2007 by Intevation GmbH
+# Authors:
+# Bernhard Herzog <bh@intevation.de>
+#
+# This program is free software under the GPL (>=v2)
+# Read the file COPYING coming with the software for details.
+
+"""Tests for the Status class"""
+
+import os
+import unittest
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from treepkg.status import Status
+from treepkg.util import ensure_directory, writefile
+
+
+
+class TestStatus(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def tempfilename(self):
+        tempdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "temp")
+        ensure_directory(tempdir)
+        return os.path.join(tempdir, self.id())
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.filename = self.tempfilename()
+        if os.path.exists(self.filename):
+            os.remove(self.filename)
+
+    def test_status(self):
+        status = Status(self.filename)
+        status.status = "testing"
+
+        otherstatus = Status(self.filename)
+        self.assertEquals(otherstatus.status, "testing")
+
+    def test_getting_unknown_fields(self):
+        status = Status(self.filename)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, status, "unknown_field")
+
+    def test_setting_unknown_fields(self):
+        status = Status(self.filename)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError,
+                          setattr, status, "unknown_field", "some value")
+
+    def test_default_value(self):
+        status = Status(self.filename)
+        self.assertEquals(status.start, None)
+
+    def test_date(self):
+        timestamp = datetime(2007, 3, 9, 17, 32, 55)
+        status = Status(self.filename)
+        status.start = timestamp
+
+        otherstatus = Status(self.filename)
+        self.assertEquals(otherstatus.start, timestamp)
+
+    def test_magic(self):
+        writefile(self.filename,
+                  "Some other magic\nstart: 2007-03-09 17:32:55\n")
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, Status, self.filename)