test: new test framework to compare json parts

[notmuch] / test / test-lib.sh

diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
index ff18fae616b2aaf1a27dae10216309ded3006349..616cb674ccd9ee36df8026a87805e28a5730f890 100644 (file)
--- a/test/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib.sh
@@ -507,6 +507,30 @@ test_sort_json () {
         "import sys, json; json.dump(sorted(json.load(sys.stdin)),sys.stdout)"
 }
 
+# test for json objects:
+# read the source of test/json_check_nodes.py (or the output when
+# invoking it without arguments) for an explanation of the syntax.
+test_json_nodes () {
+        exec 1>&6 2>&7         # Restore stdout and stderr
+       if [ -z "$inside_subtest" ]; then
+               error "bug in the test script: test_json_eval without test_begin_subtest"
+       fi
+       inside_subtest=
+       test "$#" > 0 ||
+           error "bug in the test script: test_json_nodes needs at least 1 parameter"
+
+       if ! test_skip "$test_subtest_name"
+       then
+           output=$(PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8 $NOTMUCH_PYTHON "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/json_check_nodes.py "$@")
+               if [ "$?" = 0 ]
+               then
+                       test_ok_
+               else
+                       test_failure_ "$output"
+               fi
+       fi
+}
+
 test_emacs_expect_t () {
        test "$#" = 1 ||
        error "bug in the test script: not 1 parameter to test_emacs_expect_t"