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Is it possible to test a sequence of asynchronous function calls with D.O.H


I am trying to use doh.Deferred to write a test that will check the following sequence of events:

  1. login with user A (asynchronous)
  2. log out (synchronous)
  3. login with user A (asynchronous)

The return value of the second callback function is another doh.Deferred object. I was under the impression that the callback chain of d will wait for d2 but it does not. The test finishes before d2.callback is ever called.

Where am I going wrong here?

Does anyone know of a better way for me to test this behavior?

function test() {
    var d = new doh.Deferred();

    d.addCallback(function() {  
        Comm.logout(); /* synchronus */
        try {   
            // check with doh.t and doh.is
            return true;
        } catch (e) {
            d.errback(e);
        }
    });

    d.addCallback(function() {
        var d2 = new dojo.Deferred();
        /* asynchronus - third parameter is a callback */
        Comm.login('alex', 'asdf', function(result, msg) {
                try {
                    // check with doh.t and doh.is
                    d2.callback(true);
                } catch (e) {
                    d2.errback(e);
                }                   
            });
        return d2; // returning doh.Defferred -- expect d to wait for d2.callback
    });     

    /* asynchronus - third parameter is a callback */
    Comm.login('larry', '123', function (result, msg) {
        try {
            // check with doh.t and doh.is 
            d.callback(true);
        } catch (e) {
            d.errback(e);
        }
    }); 

    return d;
}

Solution

  • This works. The scope of d2 was the problem.

    function test() {
        var d = new doh.Deferred();
        var d2 = new doh.Deferred();
    
        d.addCallback(function() {  
            Comm.logout(); /* synchronus */
            try {   
                    // check with doh.t and doh.is
                    return true;
            } catch (e) {
                    d.errback(e);
            }
        });
    
        d.addCallback(function() {
            /* asynchronus - third parameter is a callback */
            Comm.login('alex', 'asdf', function(result, msg) {
                            try {
                                    // check with doh.t and doh.is
                                    d2.callback(true);
                            } catch (e) {
                                    d2.errback(e);
                            }                                       
                    });
            return d2; // returning doh.Deferred -- waits for d2.callback
        });         
    
        /* asynchronus - third parameter is a callback */
        Comm.login('larry', '123', function (result, msg) {
            try {
                    // check with doh.t and doh.is 
                    d.callback(true);
            } catch (e) {
                    d.errback(e);
            }
        }); 
    
        return d;
    }