'''Test paint event override in python''' import unittest from PySide.QtCore import QTimerEvent from PySide.QtGui import QApplication, QWidget from helper import UsesQApplication class MyWidget(QWidget): '''Sample widget''' def __init__(self, app=None): #Creates a new widget if app is None: app = QApplication([]) super(MyWidget, self).__init__() self.app = app self.runs = 0 self.max_runs = 5 self.paint_event_called = False def timerEvent(self, event): #Timer event method self.runs += 1 if self.runs == self.max_runs: self.app.quit() if not isinstance(event, QTimerEvent): raise TypeError('Invalid event type. Must be QTimerEvent') def paintEvent(self, event): #Empty paint event method # XXX: should be using super here, but somehow PyQt4 # complains about paintEvent not present in super QWidget.paintEvent(self, event) self.paint_event_called = True class PaintEventOverride(UsesQApplication): '''Test case for overriding QWidget.paintEvent''' qapplication = True def setUp(self): #Acquire resources super(PaintEventOverride, self).setUp() self.widget = MyWidget(self.app) def tearDown(self): #Release resources del self.widget super(PaintEventOverride, self).tearDown() def testPaintEvent(self): #Test QWidget.paintEvent override timer_id = self.widget.startTimer(100) self.widget.show() self.app.exec_() self.widget.killTimer(timer_id) self.assert_(self.widget.paint_event_called) self.assertEqual(self.widget.runs, 5) if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main()