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.. _devguide_tests:
==========
Test Suite
==========
Running Tests
-------------
The OpenMC test suite consists of two parts, a regression test suite and a unit
test suite. The regression test suite is based on regression or integrated
testing where different types of input files are configured and the full OpenMC
code is executed. Results from simulations are compared with expected
results. The unit tests are primarily intended to test individual
functions/classes in the OpenMC Python API.
The test suite relies on the third-party `pytest <https://pytest.org>`_
package. To run either or both the regression and unit test suites, it is
assumed that you have OpenMC fully installed, i.e., the :ref:`scripts_openmc`
executable is available on your :envvar:`PATH` and the :mod:`openmc` Python
module is importable. In development where it would be onerous to continually
install OpenMC every time a small change is made, it is recommended to install
OpenMC in development/editable mode. With setuptools, this is accomplished by
running::
python setup.py develop
or using pip (recommended)::
pip install -e .[test]
It is also assumed that you have cross section data available that is pointed to
by the :envvar:`OPENMC_CROSS_SECTIONS` and :envvar:`OPENMC_MULTIPOLE_LIBRARY`
environment variables. Furthermore, to run unit tests for the :mod:`openmc.data`
module, it is necessary to have ENDF/B-VII.1 data available and pointed to by
the :envvar:`OPENMC_ENDF_DATA` environment variable. All data sources can be
obtained using the ``tools/ci/travis-before-script.sh`` script.
To execute the test suite, go to the ``tests/`` directory and run::
pytest
If you want to collect information about source line coverage in the Python API,
you must have the `pytest-cov <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-cov>`_ plugin
installed and run::
pytest --cov=../openmc --cov-report=html
Adding Tests to the Regression Suite
------------------------------------
To add a new test to the regression test suite, create a sub-directory in the
``tests/regression_tests/`` directory. To configure a test you need to add the
following files to your new test directory:
* OpenMC input XML files, if they are not generated through the Python API
* **test.py** - Python test driver script; please refer to other tests to
see how to construct. Any output files that are generated during testing
must be removed at the end of this script.
* **inputs_true.dat** - ASCII file that contains Python API-generated XML
files concatenated together. When the test is run, inputs that are
generated are compared to this file.
* **results_true.dat** - ASCII file that contains the expected results from
the test. The file *results_test.dat* is compared to this file during the
execution of the python test driver script. When the above files have been
created, generate a *results_test.dat* file and copy it to this name and
commit. It should be noted that this file should be generated with basic
compiler options during openmc configuration and build (e.g., no MPI, no
debug/optimization).
In addition to this description, please see the various types of tests that are
already included in the test suite to see how to create them. If all is
implemented correctly, the new test will automatically be discovered by pytest.

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6. After the pull request has been thoroughly vetted, it is merged back into the
*develop* branch of mit-crpg/openmc.
.. _test suite:
OpenMC Test Suite
-----------------
The purpose of this test suite is to ensure that OpenMC compiles using various
combinations of compiler flags and options, and that all user input options can
be used successfully without breaking the code. The test suite is comprised of
regression tests where different types of input files are configured and the
full OpenMC code is executed. Results from simulations are compared with
expected results. The test suite is comprised of many build configurations
(e.g. debug, mpi, hdf5) and the actual tests which reside in sub-directories
in the tests directory. We recommend to developers to test their branches
before submitting a formal pull request using gfortran and Intel compilers
if available.
The test suite is designed to integrate with cmake using ctest_. It is
configured to run with cross sections from NNDC_ augmented with 0 K elastic
scattering data for select nuclides as well as multipole data. To download the
proper data, run the following commands:
.. code-block:: sh
wget -O nndc_hdf5.tar.xz $(cat <openmc_root>/.travis.yml | grep anl.box | awk '{print $2}')
tar xJvf nndc_hdf5.tar.xz
export OPENMC_CROSS_SECTIONS=$(pwd)/nndc_hdf5/cross_sections.xml
git clone --branch=master git://github.com/smharper/windowed_multipole_library.git wmp_lib
tar xzvf wmp_lib/multipole_lib.tar.gz
export OPENMC_MULTIPOLE_LIBRARY=$(pwd)/multipole_lib
The test suite can be run on an already existing build using:
.. code-block:: sh
cd build
make test
or
.. code-block:: sh
cd build
ctest
There are numerous ctest_ command line options that can be set to have
more control over which tests are executed.
Before running the test suite python script, the following environmental
variables should be set if the default paths are incorrect:
* **FC** - The command for a Fortran compiler (e.g. gfotran, ifort).
* Default - *gfortran*
* **CC** - The command for a C compiler (e.g. gcc, icc).
* Default - *gcc*
* **CXX** - The command for a C++ compiler (e.g. g++, icpc).
* Default - *g++*
* **MPI_DIR** - The path to the MPI directory.
* Default - */opt/mpich/3.2-gnu*
* **HDF5_DIR** - The path to the HDF5 directory.
* Default - */opt/hdf5/1.8.16-gnu*
* **PHDF5_DIR** - The path to the parallel HDF5 directory.
* Default - */opt/phdf5/1.8.16-gnu*
To run the full test suite, the following command can be executed in the
tests directory:
.. code-block:: sh
python run_tests.py
A subset of build configurations and/or tests can be run. To see how to use
the script run:
.. code-block:: sh
python run_tests.py --help
As an example, say we want to run all tests with debug flags only on tests
that have cone and plot in their name. Also, we would like to run this on
4 processors. We can run:
.. code-block:: sh
python run_tests.py -j 4 -C debug -R "cone|plot"
Note that standard regular expression syntax is used for selecting build
configurations and tests. To print out a list of build configurations, we
can run:
.. code-block:: sh
python run_tests.py -p
Adding tests to test suite
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
To add a new test to the test suite, create a sub-directory in the tests
directory that conforms to the regular expression *test_*. To configure
a test you need to add the following files to your new test directory,
*test_name* for example:
* OpenMC input XML files
* **test_name.py** - Python test driver script, please refer to other
tests to see how to construct. Any output files that are generated
during testing must be removed at the end of this script.
* **inputs_true.dat** - ASCII file that contains Python API-generated XML
files concatenated together. When the test is run, inputs that are
generated are compared to this file.
* **results_true.dat** - ASCII file that contains the expected results
from the test. The file *results_test.dat* is compared to this file
during the execution of the python test driver script. When the
above files have been created, generate a *results_test.dat* file and
copy it to this name and commit. It should be noted that this file
should be generated with basic compiler options during openmc
configuration and build (e.g., no MPI/HDF5, no debug/optimization).
In addition to this description, please see the various types of tests that
are already included in the test suite to see how to create them. If all is
implemented correctly, the new test directory will automatically be added
to the CTest framework.
Private Development
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