def testC_DashboardReporterPollerAlertSending_algorithm(self):
"""
Cause exception (alert-worthy situation) in the algorithm()
method.
"""
myThread = threading.currentThread()
config = self.getConfig()
handler, self.alertsReceiver = \
utils.setUpReceiver(config.Alert.address, config.Alert.controlAddr)
# emulate exception behaviour
def raiseException():
raise Exception("My test exception.")
dashboardReporter = DashboardReporterPoller(config = config)
dashboardReporter.pollCouch = raiseException
self.assertRaises(Exception, dashboardReporter.algorithm)
# wait for the generated alert to arrive
while len(handler.queue) == 0:
time.sleep(0.3)
print "%s waiting for alert to arrive ..." % inspect.stack()[0][3]
self.alertsReceiver.shutdown()
self.alertsReceiver = None
# now check if the alert was properly sent
self.assertEqual(len(handler.queue), 1)
alert = handler.queue[0]
self.assertEqual(alert["Source"], dashboardReporter.__class__.__name__)
self.assertEqual(alert["Component"], "DashboardReporter")
return
