# Cassandra test layer

This layer starts and stops a cassandra instance with a given storage configuration template. For information about cassandra see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_(database)

    >>> from lovely.testlayers import cass

An example template exists in this directory which we now use for this example.

    >>> import os
    >>> storage_conf_tmpl = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
    ...                                  'storage-conf.xml.in')

The following keys are provided when the template gets evaluated. Let us look them up in the example file.

    >>> import re
    >>> tmpl_pat = re.compile(r'.*\%\(([^ \)]+)\)s.*')
    >>> conf_keys = set()
    >>> for l in file(storage_conf_tmpl).readlines():
    ...     m = tmpl_pat.match(l)
    ...     if m:
    ...         conf_keys.add(m.group(1))

    >>> sorted(conf_keys)
    ['control_port', 'storage_port', 'thrift_port', 'var']

With the storage configuration path we can instantiate a new cassandra layer. The thrift_port, storage_port, and control_port are optional keyword arguments for the constructor and default to the standard port +10000.

    >>> l = cass.CassandraLayer('l', storage_conf=storage_conf_tmpl)
    >>> l.thrift_port
    19160

So let us setup the server.

    >>> l.setUp()

Now the cassandra server is up and running. We test this by connecting to the thrift port via telnet.

    >>> import telnetlib
    >>> tn = telnetlib.Telnet('localhost', l.thrift_port)
    >>> tn.close()

The connection is refused after teardown.

    >>> l.tearDown()

    >>> telnetlib.Telnet('localhost', l.thrift_port)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    error:...Connection refused