View Source ct_hooks behaviour (common_test v1.27)
A callback interface on top of Common Test.
The Common Test Hook (CTH) framework allows extensions of the default behavior
of Common Test by callbacks before and after all test suite calls. It is
intended for advanced users of Common Test who want to abstract out behavior
that is common to multiple test suites.
In brief, CTH allows you to:
- Manipulate the runtime configuration before each suite configuration call.
- Manipulate the return of all suite configuration calls and by extension the result of the test themselves.
The following sections describe the mandatory and optional CTH functions that
Common Test calls during test execution. For more details, see section
Common Test Hooks in the User's Guide.
For information about how to add a CTH to your suite, see section Installing a CTH in the User's Guide.
Note
For a minimal example of a CTH, see section Example CTH in the User's Guide.
Summary
Callbacks
The Id identifies a CTH instance uniquely. If two CTHs return the same Id,
the second CTH is ignored and subsequent calls to the CTH are only made to the
first instance. For details, see section
Installing a CTH in the User's Guide.
This function is always called before any other callback function. Use it to initiate any common state. It is to return a state for this CTH.
This function is called whenever a test case (or configuration function) fails. It is called after the post function is called for the failed test case.
This function is called whenever a test case (or configuration function) is skipped. It is called after the post function is called for the skipped test case.
This function is called after all/0. It is used to
modify the set of test cases and test group to be executed, for instance to add
or remove test cases and groups, change group properties, or even skip all tests
in the suite.
This function is called after end_per_group if
it exists. It behaves the same way as
post_init_per_suite, but for function
end_per_group instead.
This function is called after end_per_suite if
it exists. It behaves the same way as
post_init_per_suite, but for function
end_per_suite instead.
This function is called after
end_per_testcase if it exists. It behaves
the same way as post_end_per_suite, but for
function end_per_testcase instead.
This function is called after groups/0. It is used to
modify the test group definitions, for instance to add or remove groups or
change group properties.
This function is called after init_per_group
if it exists. It behaves the same way as
post_init_per_suite, but for function
init_per_group instead.
This function is called after init_per_suite
if it exists. It typically contains extra checks to ensure that all the correct
dependencies are started correctly.
This function is called after
init_per_testcase if it exists. It behaves
the same way as post_init_per_suite, but for
function init_per_testcase instead.
This function is called before end_per_group
if it exists. It behaves the same way as
pre_init_per_suite, but for function
end_per_group instead.
This function is called before end_per_suite
if it exists. It behaves the same way as
pre_init_per_suite, but for function
end_per_suite instead.
This function is called before
end_per_testcase if it exists. It behaves
the same way as pre_end_per_suite, but for function
end_per_testcase instead.
This function is called before init_per_group
if it exists. It behaves the same way as
pre_init_per_suite, but for function
init_per_group instead.
This function is called before init_per_suite
if it exists. It typically contains initialization/logging that must be done
before init_per_suite is called. If {skip,Reason} or {fail,Reason} is
returned, init_per_suite and all test cases of the suite are skipped and
Reason printed in the overview log of the suite.
This function is called before
init_per_testcase if it exists. It behaves
the same way as pre_init_per_suite, but for
function init_per_testcase instead.
This function is called at the end of a CTH scope. The returned term is ignored.
Callbacks
The Id identifies a CTH instance uniquely. If two CTHs return the same Id,
the second CTH is ignored and subsequent calls to the CTH are only made to the
first instance. For details, see section
Installing a CTH in the User's Guide.
This function is not to have any side effects, as it can be called multiple
times by Common Test.
If not implemented, the CTH acts as if this function returned a call to
make_ref/0.
-callback init(Id, Opts) -> {ok, State} | {ok, State, Priority} when Id :: reference() | term(), Opts :: term(), State :: term(), Priority :: integer().
This function is always called before any other callback function. Use it to initiate any common state. It is to return a state for this CTH.
Id is either the return value of ct_hooks:id/1, or a reference
(created using erlang:make_ref/0 in ERTS) if ct_hooks:id/1 is
not implemented.
Priority is the relative priority of this hook. Hooks with a lower priority
are executed first. If no priority is specified, it is set to 0.
For details about hook execution order, see section CTH Execution Order in the User's Guide.
For details about when init is called, see section
CTH Scope in the User's Guide.
on_tc_fail(SuiteName, TestName, Reason, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback on_tc_fail(SuiteName, TestName, Reason, CTHState) -> NewCTHState when SuiteName :: atom(), TestName :: init_per_suite | end_per_suite | {init_per_group, GroupName} | {end_per_group, GroupName} | {FuncName, GroupName} | FuncName, FuncName :: atom(), GroupName :: atom(), Reason :: term(), CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term().
This function is called whenever a test case (or configuration function) fails. It is called after the post function is called for the failed test case.
That is:
- If
init_per_suitefails, this function is called afterpost_init_per_suite. - If a test case fails, this function is called after
post_end_per_testcase.
If the failed test case belongs to a test case group, the first argument is a
tuple {FuncName,GroupName}, otherwise only the function name.
The data that comes with Reason follows the same format as
FailReason in event
tc_done. For details, see section
Event Handling in the User's Guide.
If Module:on_tc_fail/4 is not exported, common_test will
attempt to call Module:on_tc_fail(TestName, Reason, CTHState) instead. This is
for backwards compatibility.
on_tc_skip(SuiteName, TestName, Reason, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback on_tc_skip(SuiteName, TestName, Reason, CTHState) -> NewCTHState when SuiteName :: atom(), TestName :: init_per_suite | end_per_suite | {init_per_group, GroupName} | {end_per_group, GroupName} | {FuncName, GroupName} | FuncName, FuncName :: atom(), GroupName :: atom(), Reason :: {tc_auto_skip | tc_user_skip, term()}, CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term().
This function is called whenever a test case (or configuration function) is skipped. It is called after the post function is called for the skipped test case.
That is:
- If
init_per_groupis skipped, this function is called afterpost_init_per_group. - If a test case is skipped, this function is called after
post_end_per_testcase.
If the skipped test case belongs to a test case group, the first argument is a
tuple {FuncName,GroupName}, otherwise only the function name.
The data that comes with Reason follows the same format as events
tc_auto_skip and
tc_user_skip For details, see section
Event Handling in the User's Guide.
If Module:on_tc_skip/4 is not exported, common_test will
attempt to call Module:on_tc_skip(TestName, Reason, CTHState) instead. This is
for backwards compatibility.
post_all(SuiteName, Return, GroupDefs)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 21.3.8)-callback post_all(SuiteName, Return, GroupDefs) -> NewReturn when SuiteName :: atom(), Return :: Tests | {skip, Reason}, NewReturn :: Tests | {skip, Reason}, Tests :: [TestCase | {testcase, TestCase, TCRepeatProps} | {group, GroupName} | {group, GroupName, Properties} | {group, GroupName, Properties, SubGroups}], TestCase :: atom(), TCRepeatProps :: [{repeat, N} | {repeat_until_ok, N} | {repeat_until_fail, N}], GroupName :: atom(), Properties :: GroupProperties | default, SubGroups :: [{GroupName, Properties} | {GroupName, Properties, SubGroups}], Shuffle :: shuffle | {shuffle, Seed}, Seed :: {integer(), integer(), integer()}, GroupRepeatType :: repeat | repeat_until_all_ok | repeat_until_all_fail | repeat_until_any_ok | repeat_until_any_fail, N :: integer() | forever, GroupDefs :: [Group], Group :: {GroupName, GroupProperties, GroupsAndTestCases}, GroupProperties :: [parallel | sequence | Shuffle | {GroupRepeatType, N}], GroupsAndTestCases :: [Group | {group, GroupName} | TestCase], Reason :: term().
This function is called after all/0. It is used to
modify the set of test cases and test group to be executed, for instance to add
or remove test cases and groups, change group properties, or even skip all tests
in the suite.
Return is what all/0 returned, that is, a list of test
cases and groups to be executed, or a tuple {skip,Reason}.
GroupDefs is what groups/0 or the
post_groups/2 hook returned, that is, a list of group
definitions.
NewReturn is the possibly modified version of Return.
This function is called only if the CTH is added before init_per_suite is run.
For details, see section CTH Scope in the User's
Guide.
Notice that for CTHs that are installed by means of the
suite/0 function, post_all/2 is called before the
init/2 hook function. However, for CTHs that are installed by means of the
CT start flag, the init/2 function is called first.
Note
Prior to each test execution, Common Test does a simulated test run in order to count test suites, groups and cases for logging purposes. This causes the
post_all/3hook function to always be called twice. For this reason, side effects are best avoided in this callback.
post_end_per_group(SuiteName, GroupName, Config, Return, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback post_end_per_group(SuiteName, GroupName, Config, Return, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), GroupName :: atom(), Config :: [{Key, Value}], Return :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), NewReturn :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewReturn, NewCTHState}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called after end_per_group if
it exists. It behaves the same way as
post_init_per_suite, but for function
end_per_group instead.
If Module:post_end_per_group/5 is not exported,
common_test will attempt to call
Module:post_end_per_group(GroupName, Config, Return, CTHState) instead. This
is for backwards compatibility.
post_end_per_suite(SuiteName, Config, Return, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP R14B02)-callback post_end_per_suite(SuiteName, Config, Return, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), Config :: [{Key, Value}], Return :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), NewReturn :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewReturn, NewCTHState}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called after end_per_suite if
it exists. It behaves the same way as
post_init_per_suite, but for function
end_per_suite instead.
post_end_per_testcase(SuiteName, TestcaseName, Config, Return, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback post_end_per_testcase(SuiteName, TestcaseName, Config, Return, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), TestcaseName :: atom(), Config :: [{Key, Value}], Return :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), NewReturn :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewReturn, NewCTHState}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called after
end_per_testcase if it exists. It behaves
the same way as post_end_per_suite, but for
function end_per_testcase instead.
If Module:post_end_per_testcase/5 is not
exported, common_test will attempt to call
Module:post_end_per_testcase(TestcaseName, Config, Return, CTHState) instead.
This is for backwards compatibility.
-callback post_groups(SuiteName, GroupDefs) -> NewGroupDefs when SuiteName :: atom(), GroupDefs :: [Group], NewGroupDefs :: [Group], Group :: {GroupName, Properties, GroupsAndTestCases}, GroupName :: atom(), Properties :: [parallel | sequence | Shuffle | {GroupRepeatType, N}], GroupsAndTestCases :: [Group | {group, GroupName} | TestCase | {testcase, TestCase, TCRepeatProps}], TestCase :: atom(), TCRepeatProps :: [{repeat, N} | {repeat_until_ok, N} | {repeat_until_fail, N}], Shuffle :: shuffle | {shuffle, Seed}, Seed :: {integer(), integer(), integer()}, GroupRepeatType :: repeat | repeat_until_all_ok | repeat_until_all_fail | repeat_until_any_ok | repeat_until_any_fail, N :: integer() | forever.
This function is called after groups/0. It is used to
modify the test group definitions, for instance to add or remove groups or
change group properties.
GroupDefs is what groups/0 returned, that is, a
list of group definitions.
NewGroupDefs is the possibly modified version of this list.
This function is called only if the CTH is added before init_per_suite is run.
For details, see section CTH Scope in the User's
Guide.
Notice that for CTHs that are installed by means of the
suite/0 function, post_groups/2
is called before the init/2 hook function. However, for CTHs that are
installed by means of the CT start flag, the init/2 function is called
first.
Note
Prior to each test execution, Common Test does a simulated test run in order to count test suites, groups and cases for logging purposes. This causes the
post_groups/2hook function to always be called twice. For this reason, side effects are best avoided in this callback.
post_init_per_group(SuiteName, GroupName, Config, Return, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback post_init_per_group(SuiteName, GroupName, Config, Return, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), GroupName :: atom(), Config :: [{Key, Value}], Return :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), NewReturn :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewReturn, NewCTHState}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called after init_per_group
if it exists. It behaves the same way as
post_init_per_suite, but for function
init_per_group instead.
If Module:post_init_per_group/5 is not exported,
common_test will attempt to call
Module:post_init_per_group(GroupName, Config, Return, CTHState) instead. This
is for backwards compatibility.
post_init_per_suite(SuiteName, Config, Return, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP R14B02)-callback post_init_per_suite(SuiteName, Config, Return, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), Config :: [{Key, Value}], Return :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), NewReturn :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason} | term(), CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewReturn, NewCTHState}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called after init_per_suite
if it exists. It typically contains extra checks to ensure that all the correct
dependencies are started correctly.
Return is what init_per_suite returned,
that is, {fail,Reason}, {skip,Reason}, a Config list, or a term describing
how init_per_suite failed.
NewReturn is the possibly modified return value of
init_per_suite. To recover from a failure in
init_per_suite, return ConfigList with the
tc_status element removed. For more details, see
Post Hooks in section "Manipulating Tests" in the
User's Guide.
CTHState is the current internal state of the CTH.
This function is called only if the CTH is added before or in init_per_suite.
For details, see section CTH Scope in the User's
Guide.
post_init_per_testcase(SuiteName, TestcaseName, Config, Return, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback post_init_per_testcase(SuiteName, TestcaseName, Config, Return, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), TestcaseName :: atom(), Config :: [{Key, Value}], Return :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), NewReturn :: Config | SkipOrFail | term(), SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewReturn, NewCTHState}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called after
init_per_testcase if it exists. It behaves
the same way as post_init_per_suite, but for
function init_per_testcase instead.
If Module:post_init_per_testcase/5 is not
exported, common_test will attempt to call
Module:post_init_per_testcase(TestcaseName, Config, Return, CTHState) instead.
This is for backwards compatibility.
pre_end_per_group(SuiteName, GroupName, EndData, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback pre_end_per_group(SuiteName, GroupName, EndData, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), GroupName :: atom(), EndData :: Config | SkipOrFail, Config :: [{Key, Value}], NewConfig :: [{Key, Value}], CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewConfig | SkipOrFail, NewCTHState}, SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called before end_per_group
if it exists. It behaves the same way as
pre_init_per_suite, but for function
end_per_group instead.
If Module:pre_end_per_group/4 is not exported,
common_test will attempt to call
Module:pre_end_per_group(GroupName, EndData, CTHState) instead. This is for
backwards compatibility.
pre_end_per_suite(SuiteName, EndData, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP R14B02)-callback pre_end_per_suite(SuiteName, EndData, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), EndData :: Config | SkipOrFail, Config :: [{Key, Value}], NewConfig :: [{Key, Value}], CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewConfig | SkipOrFail, NewCTHState}, SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called before end_per_suite
if it exists. It behaves the same way as
pre_init_per_suite, but for function
end_per_suite instead.
pre_end_per_testcase(SuiteName, TestcaseName, EndData, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback pre_end_per_testcase(SuiteName, TestcaseName, EndData, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), TestcaseName :: atom(), EndData :: Config, Config :: [{Key, Value}], NewConfig :: [{Key, Value}], CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewConfig, NewCTHState}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term().
This function is called before
end_per_testcase if it exists. It behaves
the same way as pre_end_per_suite, but for function
end_per_testcase instead.
This function cannot change the result of the test case by returning skip or
fail tuples, but it may insert items in Config that can be read in
end_per_testcase/2 or in
post_end_per_testcase/5.
If Module:pre_end_per_testcase/4 is not
exported, common_test will attempt to call
Module:pre_end_per_testcase(TestcaseName, EndData, CTHState) instead. This is
for backwards compatibility.
pre_init_per_group(SuiteName, GroupName, InitData, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback pre_init_per_group(SuiteName, GroupName, InitData, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), GroupName :: atom(), InitData :: Config | SkipOrFail, Config :: [{Key, Value}], NewConfig :: [{Key, Value}], CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewConfig | SkipOrFail, NewCTHState}, SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called before init_per_group
if it exists. It behaves the same way as
pre_init_per_suite, but for function
init_per_group instead.
If Module:pre_init_per_group/4 is not exported,
common_test will attempt to call
Module:pre_init_per_group(GroupName, InitData, CTHState) instead. This is for
backwards compatibility.
pre_init_per_suite(SuiteName, InitData, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP R14B02)-callback pre_init_per_suite(SuiteName, InitData, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), InitData :: Config | SkipOrFail, Config :: [{Key, Value}], NewConfig :: [{Key, Value}], CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {Return, NewCTHState}, Return :: NewConfig | SkipOrFail, SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called before init_per_suite
if it exists. It typically contains initialization/logging that must be done
before init_per_suite is called. If {skip,Reason} or {fail,Reason} is
returned, init_per_suite and all test cases of the suite are skipped and
Reason printed in the overview log of the suite.
SuiteName is the name of the suite to be run.
InitData is the original configuration list of the test suite, or a
SkipOrFail tuple if a previous CTH has returned this.
CTHState is the current internal state of the CTH.
Return is the result of the init_per_suite function. If it is
{skip,Reason} or {fail,Reason},
init_per_suite is never called, instead the
initiation is considered to be skipped or failed, respectively. If a NewConfig
list is returned, init_per_suite is called
with that NewConfig list. For more details, see section
Pre Hooks in the User's Guide.
This function is called only if the CTH is added before init_per_suite is run.
For details, see section CTH Scope in the User's
Guide.
pre_init_per_testcase(SuiteName, TestcaseName, InitData, CTHState)
View Source (optional) (since OTP 19.3)-callback pre_init_per_testcase(SuiteName, TestcaseName, InitData, CTHState) -> Result when SuiteName :: atom(), TestcaseName :: atom(), InitData :: Config | SkipOrFail, Config :: [{Key, Value}], NewConfig :: [{Key, Value}], CTHState :: term(), NewCTHState :: term(), Result :: {NewConfig | SkipOrFail, NewCTHState}, SkipOrFail :: {fail, Reason} | {skip, Reason}, Key :: atom(), Value :: term(), Reason :: term().
This function is called before
init_per_testcase if it exists. It behaves
the same way as pre_init_per_suite, but for
function init_per_testcase instead.
If Module:pre_init_per_testcase/4 is not
exported, common_test will attempt to call
Module:pre_init_per_testcase(TestcaseName, InitData, CTHState) instead. This
is for backwards compatibility.
CTHs cannot be added here right now. That feature may be added in a later release, but it would right now break backwards compatibility.
This function is called at the end of a CTH scope. The returned term is ignored.