Lib/ctypes/test/test_parameters.py
import unittest, sys
from ctypes.test import need_symbol

class SimpleTypesTestCase(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        import ctypes
        try:
            from _ctypes import set_conversion_mode
        except ImportError:
            pass
        else:
            self.prev_conv_mode = set_conversion_mode("ascii", "strict")

    def tearDown(self):
        try:
            from _ctypes import set_conversion_mode
        except ImportError:
            pass
        else:
            set_conversion_mode(*self.prev_conv_mode)


    def test_subclasses(self):
        from ctypes import c_void_p, c_char_p
        # ctypes 0.9.5 and before did overwrite from_param in SimpleType_new
        class CVOIDP(c_void_p):
            def from_param(cls, value):
                return value * 2
            from_param = classmethod(from_param)

        class CCHARP(c_char_p):
            def from_param(cls, value):
                return value * 4
            from_param = classmethod(from_param)

        self.assertEqual(CVOIDP.from_param("abc"), "abcabc")
        self.assertEqual(CCHARP.from_param("abc"), "abcabcabcabc")

    @need_symbol('c_wchar_p')
    def test_subclasses_c_wchar_p(self):
        from ctypes import c_wchar_p

        class CWCHARP(c_wchar_p):
            def from_param(cls, value):
                return value * 3
            from_param = classmethod(from_param)

        self.assertEqual(CWCHARP.from_param("abc"), "abcabcabc")

    # XXX Replace by c_char_p tests
    def test_cstrings(self):
        from ctypes import c_char_p, byref

        # c_char_p.from_param on a Python String packs the string
        # into a cparam object
        s = "123"
        self.assertIs(c_char_p.from_param(s)._obj, s)

        # new in 0.9.1: convert (encode) unicode to ascii
        self.assertEqual(c_char_p.from_param(u"123")._obj, "123")
        self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError, c_char_p.from_param, u"123\377")

        self.assertRaises(TypeError, c_char_p.from_param, 42)

        # calling c_char_p.from_param with a c_char_p instance
        # returns the argument itself:
        a = c_char_p("123")
        self.assertIs(c_char_p.from_param(a), a)

    @need_symbol('c_wchar_p')
    def test_cw_strings(self):
        from ctypes import byref, c_wchar_p
        s = u"123"
        if sys.platform == "win32":
            self.assertTrue(c_wchar_p.from_param(s)._obj is s)
            self.assertRaises(TypeError, c_wchar_p.from_param, 42)

            # new in 0.9.1: convert (decode) ascii to unicode
            self.assertEqual(c_wchar_p.from_param("123")._obj, u"123")
        self.assertRaises(UnicodeDecodeError, c_wchar_p.from_param, "123\377")

        pa = c_wchar_p.from_param(c_wchar_p(u"123"))
        self.assertEqual(type(pa), c_wchar_p)

    def test_int_pointers(self):
        from ctypes import c_short, c_uint, c_int, c_long, POINTER, pointer
        LPINT = POINTER(c_int)

##        p = pointer(c_int(42))
##        x = LPINT.from_param(p)
        x = LPINT.from_param(pointer(c_int(42)))
        self.assertEqual(x.contents.value, 42)
        self.assertEqual(LPINT(c_int(42)).contents.value, 42)

        self.assertEqual(LPINT.from_param(None), None)

        if c_int != c_long:
            self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPINT.from_param, pointer(c_long(42)))
        self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPINT.from_param, pointer(c_uint(42)))
        self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPINT.from_param, pointer(c_short(42)))

    def test_byref_pointer(self):
        # The from_param class method of POINTER(typ) classes accepts what is
        # returned by byref(obj), it type(obj) == typ
        from ctypes import c_short, c_uint, c_int, c_long, pointer, POINTER, byref
        LPINT = POINTER(c_int)

        LPINT.from_param(byref(c_int(42)))

        self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPINT.from_param, byref(c_short(22)))
        if c_int != c_long:
            self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPINT.from_param, byref(c_long(22)))
        self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPINT.from_param, byref(c_uint(22)))

    def test_byref_pointerpointer(self):
        # See above
        from ctypes import c_short, c_uint, c_int, c_long, pointer, POINTER, byref

        LPLPINT = POINTER(POINTER(c_int))
        LPLPINT.from_param(byref(pointer(c_int(42))))

        self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPLPINT.from_param, byref(pointer(c_short(22))))
        if c_int != c_long:
            self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPLPINT.from_param, byref(pointer(c_long(22))))
        self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPLPINT.from_param, byref(pointer(c_uint(22))))

    def test_array_pointers(self):
        from ctypes import c_short, c_uint, c_int, c_long, POINTER
        INTARRAY = c_int * 3
        ia = INTARRAY()
        self.assertEqual(len(ia), 3)
        self.assertEqual([ia[i] for i in range(3)], [0, 0, 0])

        # Pointers are only compatible with arrays containing items of
        # the same type!
        LPINT = POINTER(c_int)
        LPINT.from_param((c_int*3)())
        self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPINT.from_param, c_short*3)
        self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPINT.from_param, c_long*3)
        self.assertRaises(TypeError, LPINT.from_param, c_uint*3)

    def test_noctypes_argtype(self):
        import _ctypes_test
        from ctypes import CDLL, c_void_p, ArgumentError

        func = CDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)._testfunc_p_p
        func.restype = c_void_p
        # TypeError: has no from_param method
        self.assertRaises(TypeError, setattr, func, "argtypes", (object,))

        class Adapter(object):
            def from_param(cls, obj):
                return None

        func.argtypes = (Adapter(),)
        self.assertEqual(func(None), None)
        self.assertEqual(func(object()), None)

        class Adapter(object):
            def from_param(cls, obj):
                return obj

        func.argtypes = (Adapter(),)
        # don't know how to convert parameter 1
        self.assertRaises(ArgumentError, func, object())
        self.assertEqual(func(c_void_p(42)), 42)

        class Adapter(object):
            def from_param(cls, obj):
                raise ValueError(obj)

        func.argtypes = (Adapter(),)
        # ArgumentError: argument 1: ValueError: 99
        self.assertRaises(ArgumentError, func, 99)


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if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()