add unit tests for serialize_lib

tests/serialize_spec.lua

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+-- test the serialization function
+
+
+package.path  =  "../?.lua;" .. package.path
+
+
+ser = require("serialize")
+
+
+local mock_file = {}
+_G.mock_file = mock_file
+function mock_file:read(arg)
+	if arg == "*l" then
+		local l = self.lines[self.pointer or 1]
+		self.pointer = (self.pointer or 1) + 1
+		return l
+	end
+end
+
+function mock_file:close()
+	return nil
+end
+
+function mock_file:write(text)
+	self.content = self.content..text
+end
+
+function mock_file:create(lines)
+	local f = {}
+	setmetatable(f, mock_file)
+	f.lines = lines or {}
+	f.write = self.write
+	f.close = self.close
+	f.read = self.read
+	f.content = ""
+	return f
+end
+
+
+local testtable = {
+	key = "value",
+	[1] = "eins",
+	[true] = {
+		a = "b",
+		c = false,
+	},
+	["es:cape1"] = "foo:bar",
+	["es&ca\npe2"] = "baz&bam\nbim",
+	["es&&ca&\npe3"] = "baz&&bam&\nbim",
+	["es&:cape4"] = "foo\n:bar"
+}
+local testser = [[LUA_SER v=1
+B1:T
+Sa:Sb
+Sc:B0
+E
+Skey:Svalue
+Ses&&&&ca&&&npe3:Sbaz&&&&bam&&&nbim
+N1:Seins
+Ses&&&:cape4:Sfoo&n&:bar
+Ses&&ca&npe2:Sbaz&&bam&nbim
+Ses&:cape1:Sfoo&:bar
+E
+END_SER
+]]
+
+local function check_write(tb, conf)
+	f = mock_file:create()
+	ser.write_to_fd(tb, f, conf or {})
+	return f.content
+end
+
+function string:split()
+	local fields = {}
+   self:gsub("[^\n]+", function(c) fields[#fields+1] = c end)
+   return fields
+end
+
+local function check_read(text)
+	f = mock_file:create(text:split())
+	return ser.read_from_fd(f)
+end
+	
+local noskip = [[LUA_SER v=1
+N1:T
+E
+E
+END_SER
+]]
+local skip = [[LUA_SER v=1
+E
+END_SER
+]]
+
+describe("write_to_fd", function()
+				it("serializes a table correctly", function()
+				assert.equals(check_write(testtable), testser)
+				end)
+				it("does not skip empty tables", function()
+						assert.equals(check_write({{}}),noskip)
+				end)
+				it("skips empty tables when needed", function()
+
+						assert.equals(check_write({{}},{skip_empty_tables=true}),skip)
+				end)
+end)
+
+describe("read_from_fd", function ()
+				it("reads a table correctly", function()
+						assert.same(check_read(testser),testtable)
+				end)
+				it("handles some edge cases correctly", function()
+						assert.same(check_read(noskip), {{}})
+						assert.same(check_read(skip), {})
+				end)
+				it("Read back table", function()
+						local tb = {}
+						for k=1,262 do
+							tb[k] =  { "Foo", "bar", k}
+						end
+						assert.same(check_read(check_write(tb)), tb)
+				end)
+end)