Creating New Test-Cases

A developer can add new test-cases to the suite. There are two steps to adding new test-cases:

1. Create the test-case folder.
2. Add the test method.

Create the Test-Case Folder

This is the folder structure of a test-case:

[test-case]
    |
    |_[input]
    |   |
    |   |_[control]
    |
    |_[compare]

All input files needed to run the FEHM functionality of the test-case go inside the input folder. All control files go inside the control folder. All compare files (contour, history, and output) that are known to be correct go inside the compare folder.

To set up a new test-case folder:

1. Go into the folder fehmpytests.
2. Create a folder <test-case> where <test-case> is the name of the new case.
3. Inside <test-case>, create two folders called input and compare.
4. Inside the input folder, create a folder called control.
5. In the control folder, place all control files.
6. If there is only one control file, rename it to fehmn.files.
7. If there are more than one control file, rename each file to <subcase>.files where <subcase> is the name of the subcase.
8. In the input folder, place all input files needed for the FEHM run.
9. In the compare folder, place all comparison files known to be correct.

Add the Test Method

To add the test method:

1. Open fehmpytests.py.

2. Inside the class ‘Tests’, write a method test_<name> where <name> is the name of the test-case. Here is an example for the avdonin test method:

   class Tests(unittest.TestCase):
   
       ...
   
       #This is the new test method for avdonin.
       def test_avdonin(self):
           ...
   
       ...
   

3. Inside this test method, call

   self.test_case('<test-case>')

   where <test-case> is the name of the folder you created for the new test-case. Click fehmpytests.fehmTest.test_case() for details on the general test case method. Here is an example for the test method for avdonin:

   class Tests(unittest.TestCase):
   
       ...
   
       def test_avdonin(self):
           #Add this line to call the general test case for avdonin.
           self.test_case('avdonin')
   
       ...
   

4. Inside the class Suite, under the condition all, add the following line:

   suite.addTest(Tests('<method-name>'))

   where <method-name> is the name of the test method you just defined. Here is an example for adding the avdonin test to the test-suite:

   def suite(case, test_case):
       suite = unittest.TestSuite()
   
       if case == 'all':
           suite.addTest(Tests('test_saltvcon'))
           suite.addTest(Tests('test_dissolution'))
           suite.addTest(Tests('test_salt_perm_poro'))
   
           #This is how the avdonin test is added to the test-suite.
           suite.addTest(Tests('test_avdonin'))
   
           ...
   

Running fehmpytests will now include the new test-case.

Customizing a Test-Case

By default, test_case() will check for a maximum difference less than 1.e-4 on all attributes of the FEHM simulation. Passing a dictionary into test_case() as the second argument allows a developer to specify how these tests are performed. The following keywords are recognized by test_case():

• ‘variables’: list
• ‘nodes’: list
• ‘components’: list
• ‘maxerr’: float
• ‘test_measure’: string

The following is an example for specifying the components, variables, and format for the saltvcon test:

#Pass a dictionary into test_case() with keywords specifed.
def test_saltvcon(self):
    arguments = {}
    arguments['components'] = ['water']
    arguments['variables']  = ['Kx']
    arguments['format'] = 'relative'

    self.test_case('saltvcon', arguments)

Documentation on test_case() Method

fehmTest.test_case(name, parameters={})

Performs a test on a FEHM simulation and raises an AssertError if it fails the test.

Parameters:

• name (str) – The name of the test-case folder.
• parameters (dict) –

  Attribute values that override default values. Key Value Choices

  ‘variables’: list[str, str, ...] ‘times’: list[float, float, ...] ‘nodes’: list[int, int, ...] ‘components’: list[str, str, ...] ‘maxerr’: float ‘test_measure’: str - ‘max_difference’ or

  ‘rms_difference’ or ‘perc_difference’

The folder ‘name’ in fehmpytests must exist with correct structure. If parameters are not passed into this method, all simulated attributes will be checked for a relative difference of less than 1.e-4.

Authors: Mark Lange Updated: June 2014 by Mark Lange