feat: add test for BECGuiClient features .new, .delete, .show, .hide, .close

bec_widgets/cli/client_utils.py

@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ class BECGuiClient(RPCBase):
         if wait:
             self._gui_started_event.wait()
 
+    def _dump(self):
+        rpc_client = RPCBase(gui_id=f"{self._gui_id}:window", parent=self)
+        return rpc_client._run_rpc("_dump")
 
     def start(self):
         return self.start_server()

bec_widgets/widgets/containers/main_window/main_window.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from qtpy.QtWidgets import QMainWindow
+from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow
 
 from bec_widgets.utils import BECConnector
 from bec_widgets.widgets.containers.dock.dock_area import BECDockArea
@@ -9,6 +9,30 @@ class BECMainWindow(QMainWindow, BECConnector):
         BECConnector.__init__(self, **kwargs)
         QMainWindow.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    def _dump(self):
+        """Return a dictionary with informations about the application state, for use in tests"""
+        # TODO: ModularToolBar and something else leak top-level widgets (3 or 4 QMenu + 2 QWidget);
+        # so, a filtering based on title is applied here, but the solution is to not have those widgets
+        # as top-level (so for now, a window with no title does not appear in _dump() result)
+
+        # NOTE: the main window itself is excluded, since we want to dump dock areas
+        info = {
+            tlw.gui_id: {
+                "title": tlw.windowTitle(),
+                "visible": tlw.isVisible(),
+                "class": str(type(tlw)),
+            }
+            for tlw in QApplication.instance().topLevelWidgets()
+            if tlw is not self and tlw.windowTitle()
+        }
+        # Add the main window dock area
+        info[self.centralWidget().gui_id] = {
+            "title": self.windowTitle(),
+            "visible": self.isVisible(),
+            "class": str(type(self.centralWidget())),
+        }
+        return info
+
     def new_dock_area(self, name):
         dock_area = BECDockArea()
         dock_area.resize(dock_area.minimumSizeHint())

tests/end-2-end/test_bec_dock_rpc_e2e.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import time
 
 import numpy as np
+import pytest
 from bec_lib.endpoints import MessageEndpoints
 
-from bec_widgets.cli.auto_updates import AutoUpdates
 from bec_widgets.cli.client import BECDockArea, BECFigure, BECImageShow, BECMotorMap, BECWaveform
 from bec_widgets.utils import Colors
 
@@ -292,3 +292,60 @@ def test_auto_update(bec_client_lib, connected_client_dock_w_auto_updates, qtbot
         plt_data[f"Scan {status.scan.scan_number} - {dock.selected_device}"]["y"]
         == last_scan_data["samy"]["samy"].val
     )
+
+
+def test_rpc_gui_obj(connected_client_gui_obj, qtbot):
+    gui = connected_client_gui_obj
+
+    assert gui.selected_device is None
+    assert len(gui.windows) == 1
+    assert gui.windows["main"].widget is gui.main
+    assert gui.windows["main"].title == "BEC Widgets"
+    mw = gui.main
+    assert mw.__class__.__name__ == "BECDockArea"
+
+    xw = gui.new("X")
+    assert xw.__class__.__name__ == "BECDockArea"
+    assert len(gui.windows) == 2
+
+    gui_info = gui._dump()
+    mw_info = gui_info[mw._gui_id]
+    assert mw_info["title"] == "BEC Widgets"
+    assert mw_info["visible"]
+    xw_info = gui_info[xw._gui_id]
+    assert xw_info["title"] == "X"
+    assert xw_info["visible"]
+
+    gui.hide()
+    gui_info = gui._dump()
+    assert not any(windows["visible"] for windows in gui_info.values())
+
+    gui.show()
+    gui_info = gui._dump()
+    assert all(windows["visible"] for windows in gui_info.values())
+
+    assert gui.gui_is_alive()
+    gui.close()
+    assert not gui.gui_is_alive()
+    gui.start_server(wait=True)
+    assert gui.gui_is_alive()
+    # calling start multiple times should not change anything
+    gui.start_server(wait=True)
+    gui.start()
+    # gui.windows should have main, and main dock area should have same gui_id as before
+    assert len(gui.windows) == 1
+    assert gui.windows["main"].widget._gui_id == mw._gui_id
+    # communication should work, main dock area should have same id and be visible
+    gui_info = gui._dump()
+    assert gui_info[mw._gui_id]["visible"]
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        gui.main.delete()
+
+    yw = gui.new("Y")
+    assert len(gui.windows) == 2
+    yw.delete()
+    assert len(gui.windows) == 1
+    # check it is really deleted on server
+    gui_info = gui._dump()
+    assert yw._gui_id not in gui_info