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matlab.unittest.TestSuite.fromProject

Class: matlab.unittest.TestSuite
Namespace: matlab.unittest

Create test suite from tests in project

Description

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suite = matlab.unittest.TestSuite.fromProject(project) creates a TestSuite array from all test files contained in the specified project that are labeled with the Test classification. The project input is either a loaded matlab.project.Project object or the root folder of a project. This method is not recursive. It includes only those tests in the project specified. To include tests from referenced projects, specify the IncludingReferencedProjects name-value argument as true. For more information on projects, see Projects.

suite = matlab.unittest.TestSuite.fromProject(project,selector) creates a TestSuite array from all test files contained in the specified project that are labeled with the Test classification and that satisfy the selector. For more information on selectors, see matlab.unittest.selectors.

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suite = matlab.unittest.TestSuite.fromProject(___,Name,Value) creates a TestSuite array from all test files contained in the specified project that are labeled with the Test classification and that satisfy the conditions specified by one or more name-value arguments. Specify the name-value arguments after all of the arguments in any of the previous syntaxes.

Input Arguments

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Project containing test files, specified as the path to the project root folder or an open Project object. A test file is a file that is classified as test by adding the Test label in the project.

Example: 'C:\MyProjects\ThisProject'

Data Types: char | string

Filter for TestSuite array elements, specified as an instance of a class in the matlab.unittest.selectors namespace. If you have a MATLAB® Test™ license, you also can specify selector as a matlabtest.selectors.DependsOn object.

Example: matlab.unittest.selectors.HasBaseFolder(fullfile(pwd,'MyTests','Feature1'))

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Option to include tests from referenced projects in the TestSuite, specified as logical true or false. By default, fromProject includes test files only from the project specified in the input. Passing a value of true for IncludingReferencedProjects results in a TestSuite array that includes the tests from the project specified in the input and tests from projects referenced from the parent project. For more information on referenced projects, see Componentize Large Projects.

Example: suite = matlab.unittest.TestSuite.fromProject(project,'IncludingReferencedProjects',true);

Data Types: logical

External parameters to use in the tests, specified as an array of matlab.unittest.parameters.Parameter objects. Use this argument to specify external parameters instead of the existing parameters in a parameterized test. For more information, see Use External Parameters in Parameterized Test.

Name of the base folder that contains the test file, specified as a string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors. This argument filters the test suite. For the testing framework to include a test in the filtered suite, the Test element must be contained in one of the base folders specified by BaseFolder. If none of the Test elements match a base folder, an empty test suite is returned. Use the wildcard character (*) to match any number of characters. Use the question mark character (?) to match a single character.

For test files defined in namespaces, the base folder is the parent of the top-level namespace folder.

Names of the files and folders that contain source code, specified as a string vector, character vector, or cell vector of character vectors. This argument filters the test suite. For the testing framework to include a test in the filtered suite, the file that defines the test must depend on the specified source code. If none of the test files depend on the source code, an empty test suite is returned.

The specified value must represent at least one existing file. If you specify a folder, the framework extracts the paths to the files within the folder.

You must have a MATLAB Test license to use DependsOn. For more information about selecting tests by source code dependency, see matlabtest.selectors.DependsOn (MATLAB Test).

Example: DependsOn=["myFile.m" "myFolder"]

Example: DependsOn=["folderA" "C:\work\folderB"]

Name of the test, specified as a string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors. This argument filters the test suite. For the testing framework to include a test in the filtered suite, the Name property of the Test element must match one of the names specified by Name. If none of the Test elements have a matching name, an empty test suite is returned. Use the wildcard character (*) to match any number of characters. Use the question mark character (?) to match a single character.

For a given test file, the name of a test uniquely identifies the smallest runnable portion of the test content. The test name includes the namespace name, filename (excluding the extension), procedure name, and information about parameterization.

Name of a test class property that defines a parameter used by the test, specified as a string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors. This argument filters the test suite. For the testing framework to include a test in the filtered suite, the Parameterization property of the Test element must contain at least one of the property names specified by ParameterProperty. If none of the Test elements have a matching property name, an empty test suite is returned. Use the wildcard character (*) to match any number of characters. Use the question mark character (?) to match a single character.

Name of a parameter used by the test, specified as a string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors. MATLAB generates parameter names based on the test class property that defines the parameters:

  • If the property value is a cell array, MATLAB generates parameter names from the elements of the cell array by taking into account their values, types, and dimensions.

  • If the property value is a structure, MATLAB generates parameter names from the structure fields.

The ParameterName argument filters the test suite. For the testing framework to include a test in the filtered suite, the Parameterization property of the Test element must contain at least one of the parameter names specified by ParameterName. If none of the Test elements have a matching parameter name, an empty test suite is returned. Use the wildcard character (*) to match any number of characters. Use the question mark character (?) to match a single character.

Name of the test procedure, specified as a string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors. This argument filters the test suite. For the testing framework to include a test in the filtered suite, the ProcedureName property of the Test element must match one of the procedure names specified by ProcedureName. If none of the Test elements have a matching procedure name, an empty test suite is returned. Use the wildcard character (*) to match any number of characters. Use the question mark character (?) to match a single character.

In a class-based test, the name of a test procedure is the name of a Test method that contains the test. In a function-based test, it is the name of a local function that contains the test. In a script-based test, it is a name generated from the test section title. Unlike the name of a test suite element, the name of a test procedure does not include any namespace name, filename, or information about parameterization.

Name of the class that the test class derives from, specified as a string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors. This argument filters the test suite. For the testing framework to include a test in the filtered suite, the TestClass property of the Test element must point to a test class that derives from one of the classes specified by Superclass. If none of the Test elements match a class, an empty test suite is returned.

Name of a tag used by the test, specified as a string array, character vector, or cell array of character vectors. This argument filters the test suite. For the testing framework to include a test in the filtered suite, the Tags property of the Test element must contain at least one of the tag names specified by Tag. If none of the Test elements have a matching tag name, an empty test suite is returned. Use the wildcard character (*) to match any number of characters. Use the question mark character (?) to match a single character.

Output Arguments

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Set of tests, returned as a matlab.unittest.Test array.

Attributes

Statictrue

To learn about attributes of methods, see Method Attributes.

Examples

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Build a test suite from project files that are labeled as Test files. This example assumes that a project folder at C:/projects/project1 contains test files that are labeled with the Test classification. Use the matlab.unittest.TestSuite.fromProject static method to create a test suite using those tests.

Open project1 and pass the matlab.project.Project object to fromProject. Run the test suite and capture the results.

import matlab.unittest.TestSuite
project = openProject('C:/projects/project1/');
suite = TestSuite.fromProject(project);
result = run(suite)

Build a test suite from project files that are labeled as Test files in the project and all referenced projects.

import matlab.unittest.TestSuite
project = openProject('C:/projects/project1/');
suite = TestSuite.fromProject(project,'IncludingReferencedProjects',true);
result = run(suite)

Version History

Introduced in R2019a

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