Test

The test directory contains a battery of tests for validating numerical and/or computational performance of library components.

File structure

This directory is organized in subdirectories, with each subdirectory containing one or more stand-alone tests (one test per file in the subdirectory).

Naming conventions. Subdirectories should be named as follows:

[type of test]_[main method/algorithm][_ other labels/description],

with:

  • type of test assigning a category to the example. In general, categories refer to the main operation that is being verified in the test. Possible types of tests are:

  • buildTree

  • calibration_historyMatching_sir

  • computeDegree

  • features

  • sampling

    Note that a test may use components from more than one module of the library. The type of test describes the main component that is being tested. It does not list all the modules/components that are being used in the test.

  • main method/algorithm describing the main method or function that is being used in the test. For example, it can be the name of the initializer of a calibration method, or the name of a model contained in the models module, or a sampling strategy contained in the sampling module.

  • other labels/description being any other string that completes the description of the test.

Test functions. There must be exactly one test per file. The entry point of the file (i.e., the test function) is given by the name of the file and the suffix _test. This function should not receive any parameters and it must be self-contained. All the code relevant to a given test should be inside the corresponding test file (this requirement aids in defining tests that are short and self-contained).

Each test must return a boolean state indicating if the test was successful or if it failed.

phyloModels test script

The file phylomodels_test.py contains a script that executes all the tests necessary for validating the correct installation/operation of the library. Calls to any test that is considered important for library validation should be added to this file.