refactor: move start and start_server to private

bec_widgets/cli/client_utils.py

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class BECGuiClient(RPCBase):
         return None
 
     @property
-    def selected_device(self):
+    def selected_device(self) -> str | None:
         """
         Selected device for the plot.
         """
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class BECGuiClient(RPCBase):
         self._do_show_all()
         self._gui_started_event.set()
 
-    def start_server(self, wait=False) -> None:
+    def _start_server(self, wait=False) -> None:
         """
         Start the GUI server, and execute callback when it is launched
         """
@@ -287,8 +287,12 @@ class BECGuiClient(RPCBase):
         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()
+
     def start(self):
-        return self.start_server()
+        # FIXME keeping backwards compatibility for now
+        return self._start()
 
     def _do_show_all(self):
         rpc_client = RPCBase(gui_id=f"{self._gui_id}:window", parent=self)
@@ -311,7 +315,7 @@ class BECGuiClient(RPCBase):
         if self._process is not None:
             return self.show_all()
         # backward compatibility: show() was also starting server
-        return self.start_server(wait=True)
+        return self._start_server(wait=True)
 
     def hide(self):
         return self.hide_all()

tests/end-2-end/conftest.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def connected_client_figure(gui_id, bec_client_lib):
 def connected_client_gui_obj(gui_id, bec_client_lib):
     gui = BECGuiClient(gui_id=gui_id)
     try:
-        gui.start_server(wait=True)
+        gui._start_server(wait=True)
         yield gui
     finally:
         gui.close()
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def connected_client_dock(gui_id, bec_client_lib):
     gui = BECGuiClient(gui_id=gui_id)
     gui._auto_updates_enabled = False
     try:
-        gui.start_server(wait=True)
+        gui._start_server(wait=True)
         yield gui.main
     finally:
         gui.close()
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def connected_client_dock(gui_id, bec_client_lib):
 def connected_client_dock_w_auto_updates(gui_id, bec_client_lib):
     gui = BECGuiClient(gui_id=gui_id)
     try:
-        gui.start_server(wait=True)
+        gui._start_server(wait=True)
         yield gui, gui.main
     finally:
         gui.close()

tests/end-2-end/test_bec_dock_rpc_e2e.py

@@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ def test_rpc_gui_obj(connected_client_gui_obj, qtbot):
     assert gui.gui_is_alive()
     gui.close()
     assert not gui.gui_is_alive()
-    gui.start_server(wait=True)
+    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_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

tests/unit_tests/test_client_utils.py

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def test_client_utils_passes_client_config_to_server(bec_dispatcher):
     with bec_client_mixin() as mixin:
         with mock.patch("bec_widgets.cli.client_utils._start_plot_process") as mock_start_plot:
             mock_start_plot.return_value = [mock.MagicMock(), mock.MagicMock()]
-            mixin.start_server(
+            mixin._start_server(
                 wait=False
             )  # the started event will not be set, wait=True would block forever
             mock_start_plot.assert_called_once_with(