def checkStatus(self, startStatus, *flagNames):
expectedStatus = startStatus
for name in flagNames:
expectedStatus |= getattr(CommunicationStatus, name)
status = CommunicationStatus(self.note).status
self.failUnlessEqual(status, expectedStatus,
"Unexpected communication status: got %s, expected %s" %
(CommunicationStatus.dump(status),
CommunicationStatus.dump(expectedStatus)))
