[erlang-questions] use a tcp socket server in common tests

[Lukas Larsson]

Hi!

You should not have to do anything special to get common_test to test a TCP
server. The eaddrinsure sound like it might be because you did not put the
reuseaddr option in your gen_tcp:listen call.

The timeout for the server might be because the process calling
init_per_suite has died and because you use spawn_link when starting the
server your server process died as well. Try doing it without linking and
see if that works better.

Lukas
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On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Pablo Platt <pablo.platt@REDACTED> wrote:

> I'm trying to write a test for a tcp client.
> I've created a fake tcp server that send predefined packets.
> I can't run the server in the init_per_suite of the test.
> When I start the server from the shell and run the test
> or when I run a module that run the server and execute the same actions
> like in
> the test it works.
>
> I'm getting two types of errors:
> 1. timeout when calling the server.
> 2. {error,eaddrinuse} in the second time running the test because the
> end_per_suite didn't have chance to stop the server.
>
> Is there a different way I should start the tcp server in the common test?
> Is there a way to execute end_per_suite even if the test fails?
>
> A simplified version of the code I'm using:
>
> common test
> ----------------
> init_per_suite(Config) ->
>    myserver:start_link(?PORT),
>    gen_fsm:send_event(myserver, accept).
>    {ok, Conn} = myclient:start_link(?HOST, ?FAKEPORT),
>    unlink(Conn),
>    [{conn, Conn} | Config].
>
> test(Config) ->
>    Conn = ?config(conn, Config),
>    Packet = <<1,0,0,0>>,
>    <<2,0,0,0>> = gen_server:call(Conn, {packet, Packet}).
>
> server
> --------------
> start_link(Port) ->
>    gen_fsm:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, Port, []).
>
> init(Port) ->
>    {ok, LSocket} = gen_tcp:listen(Port, [binary, {active, true}]),
>    {ok, waiting, LSocket}.
>
> waiting(accept, LSocket) ->
>    {ok, _Socket} = gen_tcp:accept(LSocket),
>    {next_state, waiting, LSocket}.
>
> handle_info({tcp, Socket, Data}, StateName, State) ->
>    Resp = <<2,0,0,0>>,
>    gen_tcp:send(Socket, Resp),
>    {next_state, StateName, State}.
>
> client
> ---------------
> start_link(Host, Port) ->
>    gen_server:start_link(?MODULE, [Host, Port], []).
>
> init([Host, Port]) ->
>    {ok, Socket} = gen_tcp:connect(Host, Port, [binary, {active, true}])
>    {ok, {Socket, from}}.
>
> handle_call({packet, Packet}, From,{Socket, from}) ->
>    gen_tcp:send(Socket, Packet),
>    {noreply, {Socket, From}}.
>
> handle_info({tcp, _Socket, Data}, {Socket, From}) ->
>    gen_server:reply(From, Data),
>    {noreply, NewState}.
>
>
>