Python - Testing an abstract base class

Question

I am looking for ways / best practices on testing methods defined in an abstract base class. One thing I can think of directly is performing the test on all concrete subclas

Answer 1

You can use multiple inheritance practice to have access to the implemented methods of the abstract class. Obviously following such design decision depends on the structure of the abstract class since you need to implement abstract methods (at least bring the signature) in your test case.

Here is the example for your case:

class Abstract(object):

    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta

    @abc.abstractproperty
    def id(self):
        return

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def foo(self):
        print("foo")

    def bar(self):
        print("bar")

class AbstractTest(unittest.TestCase, Abstract):

    def foo(self):
        pass
    def test_bar(self):
        self.bar()
        self.assertTrue(1==1)