README.md

Static test data

This directory contains serialized thrift binary data that the tests use for validation.

Generating test data

To generate the test data, you will need to have Python 3.5+ and thrift installed. You should create a virtual environment and install the Python thrift library, after which you can run the generate.py script. Here is a full example, which you may need to alter depending on your setup:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install thrift
./generate.py

Adding new test data

The file test_data.py contains a write() method, which creates thrift structures and serializes them to disk. Any new serialization/deserialization test cases should have corresponding entries added in here.