[Zope-dev] ZopeTestCase and interactions

[Martin Aspeli]

Hanno Schlichting wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Martin Aspeli<optilude+lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The problem is that the interaction threadlocal isn't set up, so you get
>> an AttributeError.
>>
>> It's easy to fix: just call Products.Five.security.newInteraction()
>> before the test is run.
>>
>> Is this something that should go into ZopeTestCase's setUp()?
> 
> The ZopeTestCase classes themselves don't set up any of the ZCML
> structure right now and I'd like to keep it that way.

True. This isn't a ZCML, thing, though. :)

> Isn't the placeless layer exactly for this use-case of getting some
> "minimal integration" fixture set up? Since Zope 2.12 a Zope2 specific
> version of that is in Testing.ZopeTestCase.placeless. Before you would
> get it from zope.app.testing.placelesssetup.

I see. That sounds like a sensible place. My main aim is that when you 
use a PloneTestCase, you should get the interaction set up so that calls 
to zope.security.checkPermission() don't fail. Does PTC and other 
similar things set up the placeless layer? Or something like it?

> The module in Testing.ZopeTestCase uses "from zope.security.management
> import newInteraction" though and not Five. Maybe it should use the
> Five version instead?

Almost certainly.

Martin

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