RandomPlugin: Custom Random Feature for Test Cases in Nose

This function defines a custom plugin class named RandomPlugin, inheriting from the nose Plugin class and implementing a custom random feature. The function configures a random option to make test cases have a random attribute.

Technology Stack : nose

Code Type : Custom function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def random_module_usage():
    import random
    from nose.plugins import Plugin
    from nose.plugins.attrib import Attribute

    class RandomPlugin(Plugin):
        name = 'randomplugin'

        def options(self, parser, env):
            super(RandomPlugin, self).options(parser, env)
            parser.add_option('--random-option', action='store_true', default=False,
                              help='enable random option')

        def configure(self, options, conf):
            super(RandomPlugin, self).configure(options, conf)
            if getattr(options, 'random_option', False):
                self.conf.addOption(Attribute('random'))

        def make_argument_list(self, arglist, config):
            arglist.extend(['--random-option'])

    return RandomPlugin