openflexure-microscope-server/tests/test_lock_decorator.py
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"""Tests for the ``requires_lock`` decorator in ``utilities.py``."""
import threading
from time import sleep, time
import pytest
from openflexure_microscope_server.utilities import requires_lock
class LockableClass:
"""A class with methods that can be locked with the ``requires_lock`` decorator."""
def __init__(self):
"""Initialise the LockableClass with a rentrant lock."""
self._lock = threading.RLock()
@property
@requires_lock
def test_property(self) -> int:
"""A property that always returns 1."""
return 1
@requires_lock
def fast_task(self) -> int:
"""Instantly return the number 2."""
return 2
@requires_lock
def slow_task(self) -> int:
"""Take 0.5s to return the number 3."""
sleep(0.5)
return 3
@requires_lock
def task_that_calls_fast_task(self) -> int:
"""Require a lock and call a fast task that requires it too."""
return self.fast_task()
@requires_lock
def task_that_calls_property(self) -> int:
"""Require a lock and call a property that requires it too."""
return self.test_property
@pytest.fixture
def lockable_obj() -> LockableClass:
"""Return an instance of LockableClass."""
return LockableClass()
def test_error_if_no_lock(lockable_obj):
"""Test there is an AttributeError if the object has no _lock attribute."""
# Delete the lock!
del lockable_obj._lock
with pytest.raises(AttributeError) as exec_info:
lockable_obj.test_property
assert str(exec_info.value) == "LockableClass has no '_lock' attribute"
def test_error_if_lock_of_wrong_type(lockable_obj):
"""Test there is an TypeError if the object's _lock attribute isn't a lock."""
# Delete the lock!
lockable_obj._lock = "I'm a mock, not a lock!"
with pytest.raises(TypeError) as exec_info:
lockable_obj.test_property
expected_msg = "requires_lock requires self._lock to be a lock"
assert str(exec_info.value) == expected_msg
def test_functionality(lockable_obj):
"""Check that this doesn't affect the most basic functionality of the class."""
assert lockable_obj.test_property == 1
assert lockable_obj.fast_task() == 2
# Don't check slow task here as it is slow and functionally no different from fast
# task.
# Check tasks that call other tasks locked to check that they are rentrant
assert lockable_obj.task_that_calls_property() == 1
assert lockable_obj.task_that_calls_fast_task() == 2
def check_fast_target_waits(lockable_obj, fast_target):
"""Start threads with a slow target and the supplied fast target, check lock works.
:param lockable_obj: An instance of LockableClass
:param fast_target: The callable to test with the fast thread.
The program runs by:
* First checking that fast_target when run on its own completes in less than
0.1s
* Starts the thread with the slow_target.
* Starts the thread with the fast_target straight afterwards.
* Wait for the fast target to complete.
* Check the slow target has completeted once returned (showing that the fast
target had to wait because of the lock)
* Check that the time elapsed is over 0.4s.
"""
# On its own the fast thread is fast.
fast_thread = threading.Thread(target=fast_target)
t_start = time()
fast_thread.start()
fast_thread.join()
assert time() - t_start < 0.1
# If slow thread is running it has to wait.
fast_thread = threading.Thread(target=fast_target)
slow_thread = threading.Thread(target=lockable_obj.slow_task)
t_start = time()
slow_thread.start()
fast_thread.start()
fast_thread.join()
# slow task must have finished
assert not slow_thread.is_alive()
assert time() - t_start > 0.4
def test_locking(lockable_obj):
"""Test the locking works when calling decorated methods in two threads."""
check_fast_target_waits(lockable_obj, lockable_obj.fast_task)
def test_property_locking(lockable_obj):
"""Test that the locking works when calling a property not a function.
The target is a method with no lock, that calls the property that requires
the lock.
"""
def property_caller() -> int:
return lockable_obj.test_property
check_fast_target_waits(lockable_obj, property_caller)