def test_creation(self):
"""Tests record creation and low level
scanning to retrieve records from the database."""
rec = wgdb.create_record(self.d, 3)
self.assertTrue(wgdb.is_record(rec))
l = wgdb.get_record_len(self.d, rec)
self.assertEqual(l, 3)
rec2 = wgdb.create_raw_record(self.d, 678)
self.assertTrue(wgdb.is_record(rec2))
l = wgdb.get_record_len(self.d, rec2)
self.assertEqual(l, 678)
# wgdb module only allows comparing records by contents
# so we need to use recognizable data for this test.
wgdb.set_field(self.d, rec, 0, 99531179)
wgdb.set_field(self.d, rec2, 0, 55498756)
# XXX: the following relies on certain assumptions on memory
# management of WhiteDB. By the API description, the records
# are not necessarily fetched in order of creation, it is just
# useful for the current test case that it happens to be the case.
#
cand = wgdb.get_first_record(self.d)
self.assertEqual(wgdb.get_field(self.d, cand, 0), 99531179)
cand = wgdb.get_next_record(self.d, cand)
self.assertEqual(wgdb.get_field(self.d, cand, 0), 55498756)
# This, however, should always work correctly
wgdb.delete_record(self.d, rec)
cand = wgdb.get_first_record(self.d)
self.assertEqual(wgdb.get_field(self.d, cand, 0), 55498756)
def _new_record(self, rec):
"""Create a Record instance from wgdb record object (internal)"""
r = Record(self, rec)
if self.locking:
self.start_read()
try:
r.size = wgdb.get_record_len(self._db, rec)
finally:
if self.locking:
self.end_read()
return r
