Python unit test with base and sub class

Question

I currently have a few unit tests which share a common set of tests. Here\'s an example:

import unittest

class BaseTest(unittest.TestCase):

    def testCo         


        

Answer 1

Just rename the testCommon method to something else. Unittest (usually) skips anything that doesn't have 'test' in it.

Quick and simple

  import unittest

  class BaseTest(unittest.TestCase):

   def methodCommon(self):
       print 'Calling BaseTest:testCommon'
       value = 5
       self.assertEquals(value, 5)

  class SubTest1(BaseTest):

      def testSub1(self):
          print 'Calling SubTest1:testSub1'
          sub = 3
          self.assertEquals(sub, 3)


  class SubTest2(BaseTest):

      def testSub2(self):
          print 'Calling SubTest2:testSub2'
          sub = 4
          self.assertEquals(sub, 4)

  if __name__ == '__main__':
      unittest.main()`