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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+import gettext
+import heapq
+import os
+import unittest
+import sys
+import time
+
+from nose import config
+from nose import result
+from nose import core
+
+
+class _AnsiColorizer(object):
+    """
+    A colorizer is an object that loosely wraps around a stream, allowing
+    callers to write text to the stream in a particular color.
+
+    Colorizer classes must implement C{supported()} and C{write(text, color)}.
+    """
+    _colors = dict(black=30, red=31, green=32, yellow=33,
+                   blue=34, magenta=35, cyan=36, white=37)
+
+    def __init__(self, stream):
+        self.stream = stream
+
+    def supported(cls, stream=sys.stdout):
+        """
+        A class method that returns True if the current platform supports
+        coloring terminal output using this method. Returns False otherwise.
+        """
+        if not stream.isatty():
+            return False  # auto color only on TTYs
+        try:
+            import curses
+        except ImportError:
+            return False
+        else:
+            try:
+                try:
+                    return curses.tigetnum("colors") > 2
+                except curses.error:
+                    curses.setupterm()
+                    return curses.tigetnum("colors") > 2
+            except:
+                raise
+                # guess false in case of error
+                return False
+    supported = classmethod(supported)
+
+    def write(self, text, color):
+        """
+        Write the given text to the stream in the given color.
+
+        @param text: Text to be written to the stream.
+
+        @param color: A string label for a color. e.g. 'red', 'white'.
+        """
+        color = self._colors[color]
+        self.stream.write('\x1b[%s;1m%s\x1b[0m' % (color, text))
+
+
+class _Win32Colorizer(object):
+    """
+    See _AnsiColorizer docstring.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, stream):
+        from win32console import GetStdHandle, STD_OUT_HANDLE, \
+             FOREGROUND_RED, FOREGROUND_BLUE, FOREGROUND_GREEN, \
+             FOREGROUND_INTENSITY
+        red, green, blue, bold = (FOREGROUND_RED, FOREGROUND_GREEN,
+                                  FOREGROUND_BLUE, FOREGROUND_INTENSITY)
+        self.stream = stream
+        self.screenBuffer = GetStdHandle(STD_OUT_HANDLE)
+        self._colors = {
+            'normal': red | green | blue,
+            'red': red | bold,
+            'green': green | bold,
+            'blue': blue | bold,
+            'yellow': red | green | bold,
+            'magenta': red | blue | bold,
+            'cyan': green | blue | bold,
+            'white': red | green | blue | bold
+            }
+
+    def supported(cls, stream=sys.stdout):
+        try:
+            import win32console
+            screenBuffer = win32console.GetStdHandle(
+                win32console.STD_OUT_HANDLE)
+        except ImportError:
+            return False
+        import pywintypes
+        try:
+            screenBuffer.SetConsoleTextAttribute(
+                win32console.FOREGROUND_RED |
+                win32console.FOREGROUND_GREEN |
+                win32console.FOREGROUND_BLUE)
+        except pywintypes.error:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
+    supported = classmethod(supported)
+
+    def write(self, text, color):
+        color = self._colors[color]
+        self.screenBuffer.SetConsoleTextAttribute(color)
+        self.stream.write(text)
+        self.screenBuffer.SetConsoleTextAttribute(self._colors['normal'])
+
+
+class _NullColorizer(object):
+    """
+    See _AnsiColorizer docstring.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, stream):
+        self.stream = stream
+
+    def supported(cls, stream=sys.stdout):
+        return True
+    supported = classmethod(supported)
+
+    def write(self, text, color):
+        self.stream.write(text)
+
+
+def get_elapsed_time_color(elapsed_time):
+    if elapsed_time > 1.0:
+        return 'red'
+    elif elapsed_time > 0.25:
+        return 'yellow'
+    else:
+        return 'green'
+
+
+class KongTestResult(result.TextTestResult):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
+        self.show_elapsed = kw.pop('show_elapsed')
+        result.TextTestResult.__init__(self, *args, **kw)
+        self.num_slow_tests = 5
+        self.slow_tests = []  # this is a fixed-sized heap
+        self._last_case = None
+        self.colorizer = None
+        # NOTE(vish, tfukushima): reset stdout for the terminal check
+        stdout = sys.__stdout__
+        sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+        for colorizer in [_Win32Colorizer, _AnsiColorizer, _NullColorizer]:
+            if colorizer.supported():
+                self.colorizer = colorizer(self.stream)
+                break
+        sys.stdout = stdout
+
+        # NOTE(lorinh): Initialize start_time in case a sqlalchemy-migrate
+        # error results in it failing to be initialized later. Otherwise,
+        # _handleElapsedTime will fail, causing the wrong error message to
+        # be outputted.
+        self.start_time = time.time()
+
+    def getDescription(self, test):
+        return str(test)
+
+    def _handleElapsedTime(self, test):
+        self.elapsed_time = time.time() - self.start_time
+        item = (self.elapsed_time, test)
+        # Record only the n-slowest tests using heap
+        if len(self.slow_tests) >= self.num_slow_tests:
+            heapq.heappushpop(self.slow_tests, item)
+        else:
+            heapq.heappush(self.slow_tests, item)
+
+    def _writeElapsedTime(self, test):
+        color = get_elapsed_time_color(self.elapsed_time)
+        self.colorizer.write("  %.2f" % self.elapsed_time, color)
+
+    def _writeResult(self, test, long_result, color, short_result, success):
+        if self.showAll:
+            self.colorizer.write(long_result, color)
+            if self.show_elapsed and success:
+                self._writeElapsedTime(test)
+            self.stream.writeln()
+        elif self.dots:
+            self.stream.write(short_result)
+            self.stream.flush()
+
+    # NOTE(vish, tfukushima): copied from unittest with edit to add color
+    def addSuccess(self, test):
+        unittest.TestResult.addSuccess(self, test)
+        self._handleElapsedTime(test)
+        self._writeResult(test, 'OK', 'green', '.', True)
+
+    # NOTE(vish, tfukushima): copied from unittest with edit to add color
+    def addFailure(self, test, err):
+        unittest.TestResult.addFailure(self, test, err)
+        self._handleElapsedTime(test)
+        self._writeResult(test, 'FAIL', 'red', 'F', False)
+
+    # NOTE(vish, tfukushima): copied from unittest with edit to add color
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        """Overrides normal addError to add support for errorClasses.
+        If the exception is a registered class, the error will be added
+        to the list for that class, not errors.
+        """
+        self._handleElapsedTime(test)
+        stream = getattr(self, 'stream', None)
+        ec, ev, tb = err
+        try:
+            exc_info = self._exc_info_to_string(err, test)
+        except TypeError:
+            # This is for compatibility with Python 2.3.
+            exc_info = self._exc_info_to_string(err)
+        for cls, (storage, label, isfail) in self.errorClasses.items():
+            if result.isclass(ec) and issubclass(ec, cls):
+                if isfail:
+                    test.passwd = False
+                storage.append((test, exc_info))
+                # Might get patched into a streamless result
+                if stream is not None:
+                    if self.showAll:
+                        message = [label]
+                        detail = result._exception_detail(err[1])
+                        if detail:
+                            message.append(detail)
+                        stream.writeln(": ".join(message))
+                    elif self.dots:
+                        stream.write(label[:1])
+                return
+        self.errors.append((test, exc_info))
+        test.passed = False
+        if stream is not None:
+            self._writeResult(test, 'ERROR', 'red', 'E', False)
+
+    def startTest(self, test):
+        unittest.TestResult.startTest(self, test)
+        self.start_time = time.time()
+        current_case = test.test.__class__.__name__
+
+        if self.showAll:
+            if current_case != self._last_case:
+                self.stream.writeln(current_case)
+                self._last_case = current_case
+
+            self.stream.write(
+                '    %s' % str(test.test._testMethodName).ljust(60))
+            self.stream.flush()
+
+
+class KongTestRunner(core.TextTestRunner):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.show_elapsed = kwargs.pop('show_elapsed')
+        core.TextTestRunner.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _makeResult(self):
+        return KongTestResult(self.stream,
+                              self.descriptions,
+                              self.verbosity,
+                              self.config,
+                              show_elapsed=self.show_elapsed)
+
+    def _writeSlowTests(self, result_):
+        # Pare out 'fast' tests
+        slow_tests = [item for item in result_.slow_tests
+                      if get_elapsed_time_color(item[0]) != 'green']
+        if slow_tests:
+            slow_total_time = sum(item[0] for item in slow_tests)
+            self.stream.writeln("Slowest %i tests took %.2f secs:"
+                                % (len(slow_tests), slow_total_time))
+            for elapsed_time, test in sorted(slow_tests, reverse=True):
+                time_str = "%.2f" % elapsed_time
+                self.stream.writeln("    %s %s" % (time_str.ljust(10), test))
+
+    def run(self, test):
+        result_ = core.TextTestRunner.run(self, test)
+        if self.show_elapsed:
+            self._writeSlowTests(result_)
+        return result_
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    show_elapsed = True
+    argv = []
+    for x in sys.argv:
+        if x.startswith('test_'):
+            argv.append('nova.tests.%s' % x)
+        elif x.startswith('--hide-elapsed'):
+            show_elapsed = False
+        else:
+            argv.append(x)
+
+    c = config.Config(stream=sys.stdout,
+                      env=os.environ,
+                      verbosity=3,
+                      plugins=core.DefaultPluginManager())
+
+    runner = KongTestRunner(stream=c.stream,
+                            verbosity=c.verbosity,
+                            config=c,
+                            show_elapsed=show_elapsed)
+    sys.exit(not core.run(config=c, testRunner=runner, argv=argv))