1. Add a helper for tests to use to load resource/data files from

2. Add a set of tests+data that ensure the launch index filtering
   works as expected in the various modes including raw yaml 
   and via mime/email message formats.

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/unittests/helpers.py b/tests/unittests/helpers.py
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+import os
+
+from mocker import MockerTestCase
+
+from cloudinit import helpers as ch
+
+
+class ResourceUsingTestCase(MockerTestCase):
+    def __init__(self, methodName="runTest"):
+        MockerTestCase.__init__(self, methodName)
+        self.resource_path = None
+
+    def resourceLocation(self, subname=None):
+        if self.resource_path is None:
+            paths = [
+                os.path.join('tests', 'data'),
+                os.path.join('data'),
+                os.path.join(os.pardir, 'tests', 'data'),
+                os.path.join(os.pardir, 'data'),
+            ]
+            for p in paths:
+                if os.path.isdir(p):
+                    self.resource_path = p
+                    break
+        self.assertTrue((self.resource_path and os.path.isdir(self.resource_path)),
+                        msg="Unable to locate test resource data path!")
+        if not subname:
+            return self.resource_path
+        return os.path.join(self.resource_path, subname)
+
+    def readResource(self, name):
+        where = self.resourceLocation(name)
+        with open(where, 'r') as fh:
+            return fh.read()
+
+    def getCloudPaths(self):
+        cp = ch.Paths({
+            'cloud_dir': self.makeDir(),
+            'templates_dir': self.resourceLocation(),
+        })
+        return cp