LUMIERA.clone/tests/gui/test/test-nexus.hpp

/*
  TEST-NEXUS.hpp  -  fake user interface backbone for test support

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    2015,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>

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*/


/** @file test/test-nexus.hpp
 ** A fake UI backbone for investigations and unit testing.
 ** Any relevant element within the Lumiera GTK UI is connected to the [UI-Bus](ui-bus.hpp)
 ** So for testing and investigation we need a white room setup to provide an instrumented
 ** backbone to run any test probes against. The test::Nexus allows to [hook up](\ref testUI())
 ** a generic interface element, to participate in a simulated interface interaction.
 ** 
 ** This class test::Nexus acts as front-end for unit tests, while the actual implementation
 ** of a test rigged mock interface backbone remains an implementation detail. The purpose
 ** of this setup is to capture messages sent from elements operated within a test setup
 ** and directed at "core services" (that is, towards a presentation state manager or
 ** towards the Proc-Layer for command invocation). Test code may then verify the
 ** proper shape and incidence of these messages.
 ** 
 ** @see [abstract-tangible-test.cpp]
 ** @see [BusTerm_test]
 ** 
 */


#ifndef GUI_TEST_TEST_NEXUS_H
#define GUI_TEST_TEST_NEXUS_H


#include "lib/error.hpp"
#include "gui/ctrl/bus-term.hpp"
#include "lib/test/event-log.hpp"

#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
#include <string>


namespace gui {
namespace test{
  
  
  /**
   * Mock UI backbone for unit testing.
   * In the absence of a real UI, this simulated [UI-Bus](ui-bus.hpp)
   * can be used to wire a [test probe](\ref MockElm) and address it in unit testing.
   * 
   * @note behind the scenes, this is a singleton. Use the provided
   *       attachment point testUI() in order to wire and hook up new
   *       interface elements. When using or deriving from [MockElm] this
   *       wiring happens automatically within the ctor.
   * @see abstract-tangible-test.cpp
   */
  class Nexus
    : boost::noncopyable
    {
      
    public:
      /** get a connection point to a UI backbone faked for test */
      static ctrl::BusTerm& testUI();
      
      /** kill the given [BusTerm] and implant a dead terminal in place */
      static void zombificate(ctrl::BusTerm&);
      
      static lib::test::EventLog const& getLog();
    };
  
  
  
}} // namespace gui::test
#endif /*GUI_TEST_TEST_NEXUS_H*/