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DeviceMock

Abstract base class to mock devices (hardware or software components) for testing purposes.

Bases
contextlib.AbstractContextManager

Methods

  • __init__(self, stubs : typing.Optional[list[Stub]]) -> None

    Parameters

    • Name
      self
      Type
      Default
      Description

    • Name
      stubs
      Type
      typing.Optional[list[Stub]]
      Default
      = None
      Description

      An optional list of stub methods that receive the same request as the device and optionally return the corresponding response. Stubs can be modified later on by directly modifying the `mock.stubs` list. Stubs at the end of the list have a higher priority and overwrite responses from the stubs at the beginning of the list.

  • get_response(self, request : bytes) -> typing.Optional[bytes]

    Returns the stubbed response for a given request. Responses from stubs at the end of the list have a higher priority and overwrite responses from the stubs at the beginning of the list.

    Parameters

    • Name
      self
      Type
      Default
      Description

    • Name
      request
      Type
      bytes
      Default
      Description

      The request sent to the hardware.

    Response

    Type
    typing.Optional[bytes]
    Description

    The response corresponding to the received request.

Attributes

  • Name
    stubs
    Type
    list[Stub]
    Value

    = None

    Description

  • Name
    logger
    Type
    logging.Logger
    Value

    = None

    Description

    A standard python logger available to debug device mocks.

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