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[feisty_meow.git] / testkit / library / random_ids_manager.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# an unfinished idea for how to manage identifiers that are randomly
+# generated but are also uniquely identified for later use.
+#
+# Author: Chris Koeritz
+
+export RANDOM_IDS=()
+
+# given a name for a randomly assigned number, this will generate a
+# new random value and add it to the RANDOM_IDS list.  it is an error
+# to try to change an existing random id, because the id may already have
+# been used in file generation and so forth.
+function setup_random_id()
+{
+  name="$1"; shift
+  if [ ! -z "${RANDOM_IDS[$name]}" ]; then
+    echo "FAILURE: trying to reassign already generated random id for '$name'"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  new_id=$RANDOM-$RANDOM-$RANDOM
+  RANDOM_IDS[$name]=$new_id
+  return 0
+}
+
+# returns the random value assigned under the name.  it is an error
+# to request one that does not exist yet; this implies the test has
+# not properly configured the random ids it will use.
+function get_random_id()
+{
+  name="$1"; shift
+  if [ -z "${RANDOM_IDS[$name]}" ]; then
+    echo "FAILURE-to-find-$name"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  echo "${RANDOM_IDS[$name]}"
+  return 0
+}
+
+## 
+## # test suite
+## setup_random_id "george"
+## if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo TEST failed to set george; fi
+## setup_random_id "lucy"
+## if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo TEST failed to set lucy; fi
+## echo "lucy's id is: $(get_random_id lucy)" 
+## lucy_id=$(get_random_id lucy)=
+## if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo TEST failed to get lucy; fi
+## echo "george's id is: $(get_random_id george)"
+## george_id=$(get_random_id george)
+## if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo TEST failed to get george; fi
+## 
+## setup_random_id "george" &>/dev/null
+## if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo TEST failed to trap george being reset; fi
+## setup_random_id "lucy" &>/dev/null
+## if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo TEST failed to trap lucy being reset; fi
+## get_random_id tony
+## if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo TEST failed to trap non-existent id request; fi
+## 
+
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