Module Hierarchy

• pysys: PySys System Test Framework.
  • pysys.baserunner: Contains the base class used to perform the execution and audit trail reporting of a set of tests.
  • pysys.basetest: Contains the base test class for test execution and validation.
  • pysys.constants: Defines global constants that are used throughout the PySys framework.
  • pysys.exceptions: Defines custom exceptions that can be thrown within the PySys framework.
  • pysys.launcher: Contains utilities used by test launchers when running, printing, cleaning or making new tests.
    • pysys.launcher.console
  • pysys.manual: Contains modules for the Manual Test User Interface.
    • pysys.manual.ui
  • pysys.process: Contains cross platform classes and utilities for starting, stopping and monitoring processes.
    • pysys.process.helper
    • pysys.process.monitor
    • pysys.process.user
  • pysys.unit: Contains classes for running various unit test frameworks, with the underlying philosophy being that a suite of unit tests becomes a single pysys test
    • pysys.unit.pyunit: Contains the test class used to run pyunit tests
  • pysys.utils: Contains utility modules used by the PySys framework for test execution and validation.
    • pysys.utils.allocport
    • pysys.utils.filecopy
    • pysys.utils.filediff
    • pysys.utils.filegrep
    • pysys.utils.filereplace
    • pysys.utils.fileunzip
    • pysys.utils.linecount
    • pysys.utils.loader
    • pysys.utils.smtpserver
    • pysys.utils.threadpool
  • pysys.writer: Contains implementations of test output summary writers used to output test results during runtime execution.
  • pysys.xml: Contains classes for parsing and abstracting XML data files used by the PySys framework.
    • pysys.xml.descriptor
    • pysys.xml.manual
    • pysys.xml.project