diff mbox

[Branch,~linaro-validation/lava-tool/trunk] Rev 188: Merged new lava-tool commands and tests.

Message ID 20130729101727.20618.53266.launchpad@ackee.canonical.com
State Accepted
Headers show

Commit Message

Milo Casagrande July 29, 2013, 10:17 a.m. UTC
Merge authors:
  Milo Casagrande (milo)
Related merge proposals:
  https://code.launchpad.net/~milo/lava-tool/more-unit-tests/+merge/175847
  proposed by: Milo Casagrande (milo)
  review: Needs Fixing - Antonio Terceiro (terceiro)
  https://code.launchpad.net/~milo/lava-tool/lava-169/+merge/175622
  proposed by: Milo Casagrande (milo)
  review: Approve - Antonio Terceiro (terceiro)
  https://code.launchpad.net/~milo/lava-tool/lava-165/+merge/174942
  proposed by: Milo Casagrande (milo)
  https://code.launchpad.net/~milo/lava-tool/device-parameters/+merge/170653
  proposed by: Milo Casagrande (milo)
  review: Needs Fixing - Antonio Terceiro (terceiro)
  https://code.launchpad.net/~milo/lava-tool/lava-167/+merge/167727
  proposed by: Milo Casagrande (milo)
  review: Needs Fixing - Antonio Terceiro (terceiro)
------------------------------------------------------------
revno: 188 [merge]
committer: Milo Casagrande <milo@ubuntu.com>
branch nick: trunk
timestamp: Mon 2013-07-29 12:11:29 +0200
message:
  Merged new lava-tool commands and tests.
added:
  .coveragerc
  .testr.conf
  HACKING
  lava/commands.py
  lava/device/
  lava/device/__init__.py
  lava/device/commands.py
  lava/device/templates.py
  lava/device/tests/
  lava/device/tests/__init__.py
  lava/device/tests/test_commands.py
  lava/device/tests/test_device.py
  lava/helper/
  lava/helper/__init__.py
  lava/helper/command.py
  lava/helper/dispatcher.py
  lava/helper/template.py
  lava/helper/tests/
  lava/helper/tests/__init__.py
  lava/helper/tests/helper_test.py
  lava/helper/tests/test_command.py
  lava/helper/tests/test_dispatcher.py
  lava/helper/tests/test_template.py
  lava/parameter.py
  lava/script/
  lava/script/__init__.py
  lava/script/commands.py
  lava/script/tests/
  lava/script/tests/__init__.py
  lava/script/tests/test_commands.py
  lava/script/tests/test_script.py
  lava/testdef/
  lava/testdef/__init__.py
  lava/testdef/commands.py
  lava/testdef/templates.py
  lava/testdef/tests/
  lava/testdef/tests/__init__.py
  lava/testdef/tests/test_commands.py
  lava/tests/
  lava/tests/__init__.py
  lava/tests/test_commands.py
  lava/tests/test_config.py
  lava/tests/test_parameter.py
  lava_tool/tests/test_utils.py
  lava_tool/utils.py
modified:
  .bzrignore
  ci-build
  entry_points.ini
  lava/config.py
  lava/job/__init__.py
  lava/job/commands.py
  lava/job/templates.py
  lava/job/tests/test_commands.py
  lava/job/tests/test_job.py
  lava_tool/tests/__init__.py
  lava_tool/tests/test_authtoken.py
  setup.py


--
lp:lava-tool
https://code.launchpad.net/~linaro-validation/lava-tool/trunk

You are subscribed to branch lp:lava-tool.
To unsubscribe from this branch go to https://code.launchpad.net/~linaro-validation/lava-tool/trunk/+edit-subscription
diff mbox

Patch

=== modified file '.bzrignore'
--- .bzrignore	2013-05-24 17:37:52 +0000
+++ .bzrignore	2013-06-18 11:38:19 +0000
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ 
 ./build
 ./dist
 /tags
+.testrepository
+*.egg
+lava_tool_coverage

=== added file '.coveragerc'
--- .coveragerc	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ .coveragerc	2013-07-15 15:39:29 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ 
+[run]
+branch = True
+source = .
+omit =
+    setup*
+    */tests/*
+
+[report]
+precision = 2
+show_missing = True
+
+[html]
+title = Code Coverage of lava-tool
+directory = lava_tool_coverage

=== added file '.testr.conf'
--- .testr.conf	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ .testr.conf	2013-06-06 16:38:03 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ 
+[DEFAULT]
+test_command=python -m subunit.run $IDLIST
+test_id_list_default=lava_tool.tests.test_suite

=== added file 'HACKING'
--- HACKING	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ HACKING	2013-06-25 08:57:34 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ 
+Tests Code Coverage
+===================
+
+To have a nicely HTML viewable report on tests code coverage, do as follows:
+
+* Install `python-coverage` (`pip install coverage` in case you use pip)
+* Run the following command:
+
+    python-coverage run -m unittest lava_tool.tests.test_suite 2>/dev/null && python-coverage html
+
+* The report will be saved in a directory called `lava_tool_coverage`: open 
+the `index.html` file in there to see the report.
+
+Notes:
+
+ * To re-run the coverage report, you have to delete the `lava_tool_coverage`
+directory first, otherwise `python-coverage` will fail.

=== modified file 'ci-build'
--- ci-build	2013-06-03 20:56:10 +0000
+++ ci-build	2013-06-18 11:48:30 +0000
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ 
 #!/bin/sh
 
+VENV_DIR="/tmp/ci-build-venv"
+# Directory where coverage HTML report will be written.
+COVERAGE_REPORT_DIR="lava_tool_coverage"
+
 set -e
 
 if test -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV"; then
   set -x
-  virtualenv ci-build-venv
-  . ci-build-venv/bin/activate
+  virtualenv $VENV_DIR
+  . $VENV_DIR/bin/activate
   python setup.py develop
 fi
 
@@ -21,6 +25,14 @@ 
   pip install mocker
 fi
 
+if ! pip show mock | grep -q mock; then
+  pip install mock
+fi
+# Requirement to run code coverage tests.
+if ! pip show coverage | grep -q coverage; then
+  pip install coverage
+fi
+
 export LAVACONFIG=/dev/null
 
 if test -z "$DISPLAY"; then
@@ -39,4 +51,10 @@ 
   python -m unittest lava_tool.tests.test_suite < /dev/null
 fi
 
+if test -d $COVERAGE_REPORT_DIR; then
+  rm -rf $COVERAGE_REPORT_DIR
+fi
+# Runs python-coverage.
+python-coverage run -m unittest lava_tool.tests.test_suite 2>/dev/null && python-coverage html
+
 ./integration-tests

=== modified file 'entry_points.ini'
--- entry_points.ini	2013-07-04 09:29:28 +0000
+++ entry_points.ini	2013-07-29 10:11:29 +0000
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ 
 scheduler = lava_scheduler_tool.commands:scheduler
 dashboard = lava_dashboard_tool.commands:dashboard
 job = lava.job.commands:job
+device = lava.device.commands:device
+testdef = lava.testdef.commands:testdef
+init = lava.commands:init
+submit = lava.commands:submit
+run = lava.commands:run
+status = lava.job.commands:status
+update = lava.commands:update
+script = lava.script.commands:script
 
 [lava_tool.commands]
 help = lava.tool.commands.help:help
@@ -71,4 +79,19 @@ 
 [lava.job.commands]
 new = lava.job.commands:new
 submit = lava.job.commands:submit
+status = lava.job.commands:status
 run = lava.job.commands:run
+
+[lava.device.commands]
+add = lava.device.commands:add
+remove = lava.device.commands:remove
+config = lava.device.commands:config
+
+[lava.testdef.commands]
+new = lava.testdef.commands:new
+run = lava.testdef.commands:run
+submit = lava.testdef.commands:submit
+
+[lava.script.commands]
+run = lava.script.commands:run
+submit = lava.script.commands:submit

=== added file 'lava/commands.py'
--- lava/commands.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/commands.py	2013-07-29 07:47:19 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Lava init commands.
+
+When invoking:
+
+ `lava init [DIR]`
+
+the command will create a default directory and files structure as follows:
+
+DIR/
+   |
+   +- JOB_FILE.json
+   +- tests/
+           |
+           + mytest.sh
+           + lavatest.yaml
+
+If DIR is not passed, it will use the current working directory.
+JOB_FILE is a file name that will be asked to the user, along with
+other necessary information to define the tests.
+
+If the user manually updates either the lavatest.yaml or mytest.sh file, it is
+necessary to run the following command in order to update the job definition:
+
+ `lava update [JOB|DIR]`
+"""
+
+import copy
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+from lava.helper.command import BaseCommand
+from lava.helper.template import (
+    expand_template,
+    set_value
+)
+from lava.job import (
+    JOB_FILE_EXTENSIONS,
+)
+from lava.job.templates import (
+    LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TAR_REPO_KEY,
+)
+from lava.parameter import (
+    Parameter,
+)
+from lava.testdef import (
+    DEFAULT_TESTDEF_FILENAME,
+)
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+from lava_tool.utils import (
+    base64_encode,
+    create_dir,
+    create_tar,
+    edit_file,
+    retrieve_file,
+    write_file,
+)
+
+# Default directory structure name.
+TESTS_DIR = "tests"
+
+# Internal parameter ids.
+JOBFILE_ID = "jobfile"
+
+JOBFILE_PARAMETER = Parameter(JOBFILE_ID)
+JOBFILE_PARAMETER.store = False
+
+INIT_TEMPLATE = {
+    JOBFILE_ID: JOBFILE_PARAMETER,
+}
+
+
+class init(BaseCommand):
+    """Set-ups the base directory structure."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(init, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("DIR",
+                            help=("The name of the directory to initialize. "
+                                  "Defaults to current working directory."),
+                            nargs="?",
+                            default=os.getcwd())
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        full_path = os.path.abspath(self.args.DIR)
+
+        if os.path.isfile(full_path):
+            raise CommandError("'{0}' already exists, and is a "
+                               "file.".format(self.args.DIR))
+
+        create_dir(full_path)
+        data = self._update_data()
+
+        # Create the directory that will contain the test definition and
+        # shell script.
+        test_path = create_dir(full_path, TESTS_DIR)
+        shell_script = self.create_shell_script(test_path)
+        # Let the user modify the file.
+        edit_file(shell_script)
+
+        testdef_file = self.create_test_definition(
+            os.path.join(test_path, DEFAULT_TESTDEF_FILENAME))
+
+        job = data[JOBFILE_ID]
+        self.create_tar_repo_job(
+            os.path.join(full_path, job), testdef_file, test_path)
+
+    def _update_data(self):
+        """Updates the template and ask values to the user.
+
+        The template in this case is a layout of the directory structure as it
+        would be written to disk.
+
+        :return A dictionary containing all the necessary file names to create.
+        """
+        data = copy.deepcopy(INIT_TEMPLATE)
+        expand_template(data, self.config)
+
+        return data
+
+
+class run(BaseCommand):
+    """Runs a job on the local dispatcher."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(run, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("JOB",
+                            help=("The job file to run, or a directory "
+                                  "containing a job file. If nothing is "
+                                  "passed, it uses the current working "
+                                  "directory."),
+                            nargs="?",
+                            default=os.getcwd())
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        full_path = os.path.abspath(self.args.JOB)
+        job_file = retrieve_file(full_path, JOB_FILE_EXTENSIONS)
+
+        super(run, self).run(job_file)
+
+
+class submit(BaseCommand):
+    """Submits a job to LAVA."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(submit, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("JOB",
+                            help=("The job file to send, or a directory "
+                                  "containing a job file. If nothing is "
+                                  "passed, it uses the current working "
+                                  "directory."),
+                            nargs="?",
+                            default=os.getcwd())
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        full_path = os.path.abspath(self.args.JOB)
+        job_file = retrieve_file(full_path, JOB_FILE_EXTENSIONS)
+
+        super(submit, self).submit(job_file)
+
+
+class update(BaseCommand):
+    """Updates a job file with the correct data."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(update, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("JOB",
+                            help=("Automatically updates a job file "
+                                  "definition. If nothing is passed, it uses"
+                                  "the current working directory."),
+                            nargs="?",
+                            default=os.getcwd())
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        full_path = os.path.abspath(self.args.JOB)
+        job_file = self.retrieve_file(full_path, JOB_FILE_EXTENSIONS)
+        job_dir = os.path.dirname(job_file)
+        tests_dir = os.path.join(job_dir, TESTS_DIR)
+
+        if os.path.isdir(tests_dir):
+            tar_repo = None
+            try:
+                tar_repo = create_tar(tests_dir)
+                encoded_tests = base64_encode(tar_repo)
+
+                json_data = None
+                with open(job_file, "r") as json_file:
+                    try:
+                        json_data = json.load(json_file)
+                        set_value(json_data, LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TAR_REPO_KEY,
+                                  encoded_tests)
+                    except Exception:
+                        raise CommandError("Cannot read job file "
+                                           "'{0}'.".format(job_file))
+
+                content = json.dumps(json_data, indent=4)
+                write_file(job_file, content)
+
+                print >> sys.stdout, "Job definition updated."
+            finally:
+                if tar_repo and os.path.isfile(tar_repo):
+                    os.unlink(tar_repo)
+        else:
+            raise CommandError("Cannot find tests directory.")

=== modified file 'lava/config.py'
--- lava/config.py	2013-05-28 22:08:12 +0000
+++ lava/config.py	2013-07-26 13:48:06 +0000
@@ -16,80 +16,235 @@ 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 # along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+"""
+Config class.
+"""
+
 import atexit
-from ConfigParser import ConfigParser, NoOptionError, NoSectionError
 import os
 import readline
 
-__all__ = ['InteractiveConfig', 'NonInteractiveConfig']
-
-history = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".lava_history")
+from ConfigParser import (
+    ConfigParser,
+    NoOptionError,
+    NoSectionError,
+)
+
+from lava.parameter import Parameter
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+
+__all__ = ['Config', 'InteractiveConfig']
+
+# Store for function calls to be made at exit time.
+AT_EXIT_CALLS = set()
+# Config default section.
+DEFAULT_SECTION = "DEFAULT"
+
+HISTORY = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".lava_history")
 try:
-    readline.read_history_file(history)
+    readline.read_history_file(HISTORY)
 except IOError:
     pass
-atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, history)
-
-config_file = os.environ.get('LAVACONFIG') or os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.lavaconfig')
-config_backend = ConfigParser()
-config_backend.read([config_file])
-def save_config():
-    with open(config_file, 'w') as f:
-        config_backend.write(f)
-atexit.register(save_config)
-
-class InteractiveConfig(object):
-
-    def __init__(self, force_interactive=False):
-        self._force_interactive = force_interactive
+atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, HISTORY)
+
+
+def _run_at_exit():
+    """Runs all the function at exit."""
+    for call in list(AT_EXIT_CALLS):
+        call()
+atexit.register(_run_at_exit)
+
+
+class Config(object):
+    """A generic config object."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        # The cache where to store parameters.
         self._cache = {}
-
-    def get(self, parameter):
-        key = parameter.id
-        value = None
+        self._config_file = None
+        self._config_backend = None
+        AT_EXIT_CALLS.add(self.save)
+
+    @property
+    def config_file(self):
+        if self._config_file is None:
+            self._config_file = (os.environ.get('LAVACONFIG') or
+                                 os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
+                                              '.lavaconfig'))
+        return self._config_file
+
+    @config_file.setter
+    def config_file(self, value):
+        self._config_file = value
+
+    @property
+    def config_backend(self):
+        if self._config_backend is None:
+            self._config_backend = ConfigParser()
+            self._config_backend.read([self.config_file])
+        return self._config_backend
+
+    def _calculate_config_section(self, parameter):
+        """Calculates the config section of the specified parameter.
+
+        :param parameter: The parameter to calculate the section of.
+        :type Parameter
+        :return The config section.
+        """
+        section = DEFAULT_SECTION
         if parameter.depends:
-            pass
-            config_section = parameter.depends.id + '=' + self.get(parameter.depends)
+            section = "{0}={1}".format(parameter.depends.id,
+                                       self.get(parameter.depends))
+        return section
+
+    def get(self, parameter, section=None):
+        """Retrieves a Parameter value.
+
+        The value is taken either from the Parameter itself, or from the cache,
+        or from the config file.
+
+        :param parameter: The parameter to search.
+        :type Parameter
+        :return The parameter value, or None if it is not found.
+        """
+        if not section:
+            section = self._calculate_config_section(parameter)
+        # Try to get the parameter value first if it has one.
+        if parameter.value is not None:
+            value = parameter.value
         else:
-            config_section = "DEFAULT"
-
-        if config_section in self._cache:
-            if key in self._cache[config_section]:
-                return self._cache[config_section][key]
-
-        prompt = '%s: ' % key
-
+            value = self._get_from_cache(parameter, section)
+
+        if value is None:
+            value = self._get_from_backend(parameter, section)
+        return value
+
+    def get_from_backend(self, parameter, section=None):
+        """Gets a configuration parameter directly from the config file."""
+        if not section:
+            section = self._calculate_config_section(parameter)
+        return self._get_from_backend(parameter, section)
+
+    def _get_from_backend(self, parameter, section):
+        """Gets the parameter value from the config backend.
+
+        :param parameter: The Parameter to look up.
+        :param section: The section in the Config.
+        """
+        value = None
         try:
-            value = config_backend.get(config_section, key)
+            value = self.config_backend.get(section, parameter.id)
         except (NoOptionError, NoSectionError):
+            # Ignore, we return None.
             pass
-        if value:
-            if self._force_interactive:
-                prompt = "%s[%s]: " % (key, value)
-            else:
-                return value
-        try:
-            user_input = raw_input(prompt).strip()
-        except EOFError:
-            user_input = None
-        if user_input:
-            value = user_input
-            if not config_backend.has_section(config_section) and config_section != 'DEFAULT':
-                config_backend.add_section(config_section)
-            config_backend.set(config_section, key, value)
-
-        if value:
-            if config_section not in self._cache:
-                self._cache[config_section] = {}
-            self._cache[config_section][key] = value
-            return value
-        else:
-            raise KeyError(key)
-
-class NonInteractiveConfig(object):
-
-    def __init__(self, data):
-        self.data = data
-
-    def get(self, parameter):
-        return self.data[parameter.id]
+        return value
+
+    def _get_from_cache(self, parameter, section):
+        """Looks for the specified parameter in the internal cache.
+
+        :param parameter: The parameter to search.
+        :type Parameter
+        :return The parameter value, of None if it is not found.
+        """
+        value = None
+        if section in self._cache.keys():
+            if parameter.id in self._cache[section].keys():
+                value = self._cache[section][parameter.id]
+        return value
+
+    def _put_in_cache(self, key, value, section=DEFAULT_SECTION):
+        """Insert the passed parameter in the internal cache.
+
+        :param parameter: The parameter to insert.
+        :type Parameter
+        :param section: The name of the section in the config file.
+        :type str
+        """
+        if section not in self._cache.keys():
+            self._cache[section] = {}
+        self._cache[section][key] = value
+
+    def put(self, key, value, section=DEFAULT_SECTION):
+        """Adds a parameter to the config file.
+
+        :param key: The key to add.
+        :param value: The value to add.
+        :param section: The name of the section as in the config file.
+        """
+        if (not self.config_backend.has_section(section) and
+                section != DEFAULT_SECTION):
+            self.config_backend.add_section(section)
+
+        # This is done to serialize a list when ConfigParser is written to
+        # file. Since there is no real support for list in ConfigParser, we
+        # serialized it in a common way that can get easily deserialized.
+        if isinstance(value, list):
+            value = Parameter.serialize(value)
+
+        self.config_backend.set(section, key, value)
+        # Store in the cache too.
+        self._put_in_cache(key, value, section)
+
+    def put_parameter(self, parameter, value=None, section=None):
+        """Adds a Parameter to the config file and cache.
+
+        :param Parameter: The parameter to add.
+        :type Parameter
+        :param value: The value of the parameter. Defaults to None.
+        :param section: The section where this parameter should be stored.
+                        Defaults to None.
+        """
+        if not section:
+            section = self._calculate_config_section(parameter)
+
+        if value is None and parameter.value is not None:
+            value = parameter.value
+        elif value is None:
+            raise CommandError("No value assigned to '{0}'.".format(
+                parameter.id))
+        self.put(parameter.id, value, section)
+
+    def save(self):
+        """Saves the config to file."""
+        # Since we lazy load the config_backend property, this check is needed
+        # when a user enters a wrong command or it will overwrite the 'config'
+        # file with empty contents.
+        if self._config_backend:
+            with open(self.config_file, "w") as write_file:
+                self.config_backend.write(write_file)
+
+
+class InteractiveConfig(Config):
+    """An interactive config.
+
+    If a value is not found in the config file, it will ask it and then stores
+    it.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, force_interactive=True):
+        super(InteractiveConfig, self).__init__()
+        self._force_interactive = force_interactive
+
+    @property
+    def force_interactive(self):
+        return self._force_interactive
+
+    @force_interactive.setter
+    def force_interactive(self, value):
+        self._force_interactive = value
+
+    def get(self, parameter, section=None):
+        """Overrides the parent one.
+
+        The only difference with the parent one, is that it will ask to type
+        a parameter value in case it is not found.
+        """
+        if not section:
+            section = self._calculate_config_section(parameter)
+        value = super(InteractiveConfig, self).get(parameter, section)
+
+        if value is None or self.force_interactive:
+            value = parameter.prompt(old_value=value)
+
+        if value is not None and parameter.store:
+            self.put(parameter.id, value, section)
+        return value

=== added directory 'lava/device'
=== added file 'lava/device/__init__.py'
--- lava/device/__init__.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/device/__init__.py	2013-07-26 08:10:16 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Device class."""
+
+import re
+
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+from lava.device.templates import (
+    DEFAULT_TEMPLATE,
+    HOSTNAME_PARAMETER,
+    KNOWN_TEMPLATES,
+)
+from lava.helper.template import expand_template
+
+
+def __re_compile(name):
+    """Creates a generic regex for the specified device name.
+
+    :param name: The name of the device.
+    :return A Pattern object.
+    """
+    return re.compile('^.*{0}.*'.format(name), re.I)
+
+
+# Dictionary of know devices.
+# Keys are the general device name taken from lava.device.templates, values
+# are tuples of: a regex matcher to match the device, and the device associated
+# template.
+KNOWN_DEVICES = dict([(device, (__re_compile(device), template))
+                     for device, template in KNOWN_TEMPLATES.iteritems()])
+
+
+class Device(object):
+
+    """A generic device."""
+
+    def __init__(self, data, hostname=None):
+        self.data = deepcopy(data)
+        self.hostname = hostname
+
+    def write(self, conf_file):
+        """Writes the object to file.
+
+        :param conf_file: The full path of the file where to write."""
+        with open(conf_file, 'w') as write_file:
+            write_file.write(str(self))
+
+    def update(self, config):
+        """Updates the Device object values based on the provided config.
+
+        :param config: A Config instance.
+        """
+        # We should always have a hostname, since it defaults to the name
+        # given on the command line for the config file.
+        if self.hostname is not None:
+            # We do not ask the user again this parameter.
+            self.data[HOSTNAME_PARAMETER.id].value = self.hostname
+            self.data[HOSTNAME_PARAMETER.id].asked = True
+
+        expand_template(self.data, config)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        string_list = []
+        for key, value in self.data.iteritems():
+            string_list.append("{0} = {1}\n".format(str(key), str(value)))
+        return "".join(string_list)
+
+
+def get_known_device(name):
+    """Tries to match a device name with a known device type.
+
+    :param name: The name of the device we want matched to a real device.
+    :return A Device instance.
+        """
+    instance = Device(DEFAULT_TEMPLATE, hostname=name)
+    for _, (matcher, dev_template) in KNOWN_DEVICES.iteritems():
+        if matcher.match(name):
+            instance = Device(dev_template, hostname=name)
+            break
+    return instance

=== added file 'lava/device/commands.py'
--- lava/device/commands.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/device/commands.py	2013-07-25 13:49:44 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Device specific commands class.
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+from lava.device import get_known_device
+from lava.helper.command import (
+    BaseCommand,
+)
+from lava.helper.dispatcher import (
+    get_device_file,
+    get_devices_path,
+)
+from lava.tool.command import CommandGroup
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+from lava_tool.utils import (
+    can_edit_file,
+    edit_file,
+)
+
+DEVICE_FILE_SUFFIX = "conf"
+
+
+class device(CommandGroup):
+    """LAVA devices handling."""
+
+    namespace = "lava.device.commands"
+
+
+class add(BaseCommand):
+    """Adds a new device."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(add, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("DEVICE", help="The name of the device to add.")
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        real_file_name = ".".join([self.args.DEVICE, DEVICE_FILE_SUFFIX])
+
+        if get_device_file(real_file_name) is not None:
+            print >> sys.stdout, ("A device configuration file named '{0}' "
+                                  "already exists.".format(real_file_name))
+            print >> sys.stdout, ("Use 'lava device config {0}' to edit "
+                                  "it.".format(self.args.DEVICE))
+            sys.exit(-1)
+
+        devices_path = get_devices_path()
+        device_conf_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(devices_path,
+                                                        real_file_name))
+
+        device = get_known_device(self.args.DEVICE)
+        device.update(self.config)
+        device.write(device_conf_file)
+
+        print >> sys.stdout, ("Created device file '{0}' in: {1}".format(
+            real_file_name, devices_path))
+        edit_file(device_conf_file)
+
+
+class remove(BaseCommand):
+    """Removes the specified device."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(remove, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("DEVICE",
+                            help="The name of the device to remove.")
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        real_file_name = ".".join([self.args.DEVICE, DEVICE_FILE_SUFFIX])
+        device_conf = get_device_file(real_file_name)
+
+        if device_conf:
+            try:
+                os.remove(device_conf)
+                print >> sys.stdout, ("Device configuration file '{0}' "
+                                      "removed.".format(real_file_name))
+            except OSError:
+                raise CommandError("Cannot remove file '{0}' at: {1}.".format(
+                    real_file_name, os.path.dirname(device_conf)))
+        else:
+            print >> sys.stdout, ("No device configuration file '{0}' "
+                                  "found.".format(real_file_name))
+
+
+class config(BaseCommand):
+    """Opens the specified device config file."""
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(config, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("DEVICE",
+                            help="The name of the device to edit.")
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        real_file_name = ".".join([self.args.DEVICE, DEVICE_FILE_SUFFIX])
+        device_conf = get_device_file(real_file_name)
+
+        if device_conf and can_edit_file(device_conf):
+            edit_file(device_conf)
+        else:
+            raise CommandError("Cannot edit file '{0}'".format(real_file_name))

=== added file 'lava/device/templates.py'
--- lava/device/templates.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/device/templates.py	2013-07-26 08:14:22 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+This is just a place where to store a template like dictionary that
+will be used to serialize a Device object.
+"""
+
+from copy import copy
+
+from lava.parameter import Parameter
+
+# The hostname parameter is always in the DEFAULT config section.
+HOSTNAME_PARAMETER = Parameter("hostname")
+DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER = Parameter("device_type", depends=HOSTNAME_PARAMETER)
+CONNECTION_COMMAND_PARMAETER = Parameter("connection_command",
+                                         depends=DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER)
+
+DEFAULT_TEMPLATE = {
+    'hostname': HOSTNAME_PARAMETER,
+    'device_type': DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER,
+    'connection_command': CONNECTION_COMMAND_PARMAETER,
+}
+
+# Specialized copies of the parameters.
+# We need this or we might end up asking the user twice the same parameter due
+# to different object references when one Parameter depends on a "specialized"
+# one, different from the defaults.
+PANDA_DEVICE_TYPE = copy(DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER)
+PANDA_DEVICE_TYPE.value = "panda"
+PANDA_DEVICE_TYPE.asked = True
+
+PANDA_CONNECTION_COMMAND = copy(CONNECTION_COMMAND_PARMAETER)
+PANDA_CONNECTION_COMMAND.depends = PANDA_DEVICE_TYPE
+
+VEXPRESS_DEVICE_TYPE = copy(DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER)
+VEXPRESS_DEVICE_TYPE.value = "vexpress"
+VEXPRESS_DEVICE_TYPE.asked = True
+
+VEXPRESS_CONNECTION_COMMAND = copy(CONNECTION_COMMAND_PARMAETER)
+VEXPRESS_CONNECTION_COMMAND.depends = VEXPRESS_DEVICE_TYPE
+
+QEMU_DEVICE_TYPE = copy(DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER)
+QEMU_DEVICE_TYPE.value = "qemu"
+QEMU_DEVICE_TYPE.asked = True
+
+QEMU_CONNECTION_COMMAND = copy(CONNECTION_COMMAND_PARMAETER)
+QEMU_CONNECTION_COMMAND.depends = QEMU_DEVICE_TYPE
+
+# Dictionary with templates of known devices.
+KNOWN_TEMPLATES = {
+    'panda': {
+        'hostname': HOSTNAME_PARAMETER,
+        'device_type': PANDA_DEVICE_TYPE,
+        'connection_command': PANDA_CONNECTION_COMMAND,
+    },
+    'vexpress': {
+        'hostname': HOSTNAME_PARAMETER,
+        'device_type': VEXPRESS_DEVICE_TYPE,
+        'connection_command': VEXPRESS_CONNECTION_COMMAND,
+    },
+    'qemu': {
+        'hostname': HOSTNAME_PARAMETER,
+        'device_type': QEMU_DEVICE_TYPE,
+        'connection_command': QEMU_CONNECTION_COMMAND,
+    }
+}

=== added directory 'lava/device/tests'
=== added file 'lava/device/tests/__init__.py'
=== added file 'lava/device/tests/test_commands.py'
--- lava/device/tests/test_commands.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/device/tests/test_commands.py	2013-07-25 13:49:44 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+lava.device.commands unit tests.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from mock import (
+    MagicMock,
+    call,
+    patch,
+)
+
+from lava.device.commands import (
+    add,
+    config,
+    remove,
+)
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+
+
+class AddCommandTest(HelperTest):
+
+    def test_register_argument(self):
+        # Make sure that the parser add_argument is called and we have the
+        # correct argument.
+        add_command = add(self.parser, self.args)
+        add_command.register_arguments(self.parser)
+        name, args, kwargs = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        name, args, kwargs = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("DEVICE", args)
+
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.edit_file", create=True)
+    @patch("lava.device.Device.__str__")
+    @patch("lava.device.Device.update")
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_device_file")
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_devices_path")
+    def test_add_invoke_0(self, mocked_get_devices_path,
+                          mocked_get_device_file, mocked_update, mocked_str,
+                          mocked_edit_file):
+        # Tests invocation of the add command. Verifies that the conf file is
+        # written to disk.
+        mocked_get_devices_path.return_value = self.temp_dir
+        mocked_get_device_file.return_value = None
+        mocked_str.return_value = ""
+
+        add_command = add(self.parser, self.args)
+        add_command.invoke()
+
+        expected_path = os.path.join(self.temp_dir,
+                                     ".".join([self.device, "conf"]))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(expected_path))
+
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.edit_file", create=True)
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_known_device")
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_devices_path")
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.sys.exit")
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_device_file")
+    def test_add_invoke_1(self, mocked_get_device_file, mocked_sys_exit,
+                          mocked_get_devices_path, mocked_get_known_device,
+                          mocked_edit_file):
+        mocked_get_devices_path.return_value = self.temp_dir
+        mocked_get_device_file.return_value = self.temp_file.name
+
+        add_command = add(self.parser, self.args)
+        add_command.invoke()
+
+        self.assertTrue(mocked_sys_exit.called)
+
+
+class RemoveCommandTests(HelperTest):
+
+    def test_register_argument(self):
+        # Make sure that the parser add_argument is called and we have the
+        # correct argument.
+        command = remove(self.parser, self.args)
+        command.register_arguments(self.parser)
+        name, args, kwargs = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        name, args, kwargs = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("DEVICE", args)
+
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.edit_file", create=True)
+    @patch("lava.device.Device.__str__", return_value="")
+    @patch("lava.device.Device.update")
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_device_file")
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_devices_path")
+    def test_remove_invoke(self, get_devices_path_mock, get_device_file_mock,
+                           mocked_update, mocked_str, mocked_edit_file):
+        # Tests invocation of the remove command. Verifies that the conf file
+        # has been correctly removed.
+        # First we add a new conf file, then we remove it.
+        get_device_file_mock.return_value = None
+        get_devices_path_mock.return_value = self.temp_dir
+
+        add_command = add(self.parser, self.args)
+        add_command.invoke()
+
+        expected_path = os.path.join(self.temp_dir,
+                                     ".".join([self.device, "conf"]))
+
+        # Set new values for the mocked function.
+        get_device_file_mock.return_value = expected_path
+
+        remove_command = remove(self.parser, self.args)
+        remove_command.invoke()
+
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.isfile(expected_path))
+
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_device_file",
+           new=MagicMock(return_value="/root"))
+    def test_remove_invoke_raises(self):
+        # Tests invocation of the remove command, with a non existent device
+        # configuration file.
+        remove_command = remove(self.parser, self.args)
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, remove_command.invoke)
+
+
+class ConfigCommanTests(HelperTest):
+
+    def test_register_argument(self):
+        # Make sure that the parser add_argument is called and we have the
+        # correct argument.
+        command = config(self.parser, self.args)
+        command.register_arguments(self.parser)
+        name, args, kwargs = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        name, args, kwargs = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("DEVICE", args)
+
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.can_edit_file", create=True)
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.edit_file", create=True)
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_device_file")
+    def test_config_invoke_0(self, mocked_get_device_file, mocked_edit_file,
+                             mocked_can_edit_file):
+        command = config(self.parser, self.args)
+
+        mocked_can_edit_file.return_value = True
+        mocked_get_device_file.return_value = self.temp_file.name
+        command.invoke()
+
+        self.assertTrue(mocked_edit_file.called)
+        self.assertEqual([call(self.temp_file.name)],
+                         mocked_edit_file.call_args_list)
+
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_device_file",
+           new=MagicMock(return_value=None))
+    def test_config_invoke_raises_0(self):
+        # Tests invocation of the config command, with a non existent device
+        # configuration file.
+        config_command = config(self.parser, self.args)
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, config_command.invoke)
+
+    @patch("lava.device.commands.get_device_file",
+           new=MagicMock(return_value="/etc/password"))
+    def test_config_invoke_raises_1(self):
+        # Tests invocation of the config command, with a non writable file.
+        # Hopefully tests are not run as root.
+        config_command = config(self.parser, self.args)
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, config_command.invoke)

=== added file 'lava/device/tests/test_device.py'
--- lava/device/tests/test_device.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/device/tests/test_device.py	2013-07-25 09:56:48 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Device class unit tests.
+"""
+
+from mock import patch
+
+from lava.config import Config
+from lava.device import (
+    Device,
+    get_known_device,
+)
+from lava.device.templates import (
+    HOSTNAME_PARAMETER,
+    PANDA_DEVICE_TYPE,
+    PANDA_CONNECTION_COMMAND,
+)
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.parameter import Parameter
+
+
+class DeviceTest(HelperTest):
+
+    def test_get_known_device_panda_0(self):
+        # User creates a new device with a guessable name for a device.
+        instance = get_known_device('panda_new_01')
+        self.assertIsInstance(instance, Device)
+        self.assertEqual(instance.data['device_type'].value, 'panda')
+
+    def test_get_known_device_panda_1(self):
+        # User creates a new device with a guessable name for a device.
+        # Name passed has capital letters.
+        instance = get_known_device('new_PanDa_02')
+        self.assertIsInstance(instance, Device)
+        self.assertEqual(instance.data['device_type'].value, 'panda')
+
+    def test_get_known_device_vexpress_0(self):
+        # User creates a new device with a guessable name for a device.
+        # Name passed has capital letters.
+        instance = get_known_device('a_VexPress_Device')
+        self.assertIsInstance(instance, Device)
+        self.assertEqual(instance.data['device_type'].value, 'vexpress')
+
+    def test_get_known_device_vexpress_1(self):
+        # User creates a new device with a guessable name for a device.
+        instance = get_known_device('another-vexpress')
+        self.assertIsInstance(instance, Device)
+        self.assertIsInstance(instance.data['device_type'], Parameter)
+        self.assertEqual(instance.data['device_type'].value, 'vexpress')
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.save")
+    def test_device_update_1(self, patched_save):
+        # Tests that when calling update() on a Device, the template gets
+        # updated with the correct values from a Config instance.
+        hostname = "panda_device"
+
+        config = Config()
+        config._config_file = self.temp_file.name
+        config.put_parameter(HOSTNAME_PARAMETER, hostname)
+        config.put_parameter(PANDA_DEVICE_TYPE, "panda")
+        config.put_parameter(PANDA_CONNECTION_COMMAND, "test")
+
+        expected = {
+            "hostname": hostname,
+            "device_type": "panda",
+            "connection_command": "test"
+        }
+
+        instance = get_known_device(hostname)
+        instance.update(config)
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected, instance.data)
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.save")
+    def test_device_write(self, mocked_save):
+        # User tries to create a new panda device. The conf file is written
+        # and contains the expected results.
+        hostname = "panda_device"
+
+        config = Config()
+        config._config_file = self.temp_file.name
+        config.put_parameter(HOSTNAME_PARAMETER, hostname)
+        config.put_parameter(PANDA_DEVICE_TYPE, "panda")
+        config.put_parameter(PANDA_CONNECTION_COMMAND, "test")
+
+        expected = {
+            "hostname": hostname,
+            "device_type": "panda",
+            "connection_command": "test"
+        }
+
+        instance = get_known_device(hostname)
+        instance.update(config)
+        instance.write(self.temp_file.name)
+
+        expected = ("hostname = panda_device\nconnection_command = test\n"
+                    "device_type = panda\n")
+
+        obtained = ""
+        with open(self.temp_file.name) as f:
+            obtained = f.read()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)

=== added directory 'lava/helper'
=== added file 'lava/helper/__init__.py'
=== added file 'lava/helper/command.py'
--- lava/helper/command.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/helper/command.py	2013-07-29 10:09:09 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Base command class common to lava commands series."""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import xmlrpclib
+
+from lava.config import InteractiveConfig
+from lava.helper.dispatcher import get_devices
+from lava.job import Job
+from lava.job.templates import (
+    LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TAR_REPO,
+    LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TAR_REPO_KEY,
+    LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TESDEF_KEY,
+)
+from lava.parameter import (
+    Parameter,
+    SingleChoiceParameter,
+)
+from lava.script import (
+    ShellScript,
+    DEFAULT_TESTDEF_SCRIPT,
+)
+from lava.testdef import TestDefinition
+from lava.testdef.templates import (
+    TESTDEF_STEPS_KEY,
+    TESTDEF_TEMPLATE,
+)
+from lava.tool.command import Command
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+from lava_tool.authtoken import (
+    AuthenticatingServerProxy,
+    KeyringAuthBackend
+)
+from lava_tool.utils import (
+    base64_encode,
+    create_tar,
+    execute,
+    has_command,
+    to_list,
+    verify_and_create_url,
+)
+
+CONFIG = InteractiveConfig()
+
+
+class BaseCommand(Command):
+
+    """Base command class for all lava commands."""
+
+    def __init__(self, parser, args):
+        super(BaseCommand, self).__init__(parser, args)
+        self.config = CONFIG
+        self.config.force_interactive = self.args.non_interactive
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(BaseCommand, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("--non-interactive", "-n",
+                            action='store_false',
+                            help=("Do not ask for input parameters."))
+
+    def authenticated_server(self):
+        """Returns a connection to a LAVA server.
+
+        It will ask the user the necessary parameters to establish the
+        connection.
+        """
+        print >> sys.stdout, "\nServer connection parameters:"
+
+        server_name_parameter = Parameter("server")
+        rpc_endpoint_parameter = Parameter("rpc_endpoint",
+                                           depends=server_name_parameter)
+
+        server_url = self.config.get(server_name_parameter)
+        endpoint = self.config.get(rpc_endpoint_parameter)
+
+        rpc_url = verify_and_create_url(server_url, endpoint)
+        server = AuthenticatingServerProxy(rpc_url,
+                                           auth_backend=KeyringAuthBackend())
+        return server
+
+    def submit(self, job_file):
+        """Submits a job file to a LAVA server.
+
+        :param job_file: The job file to submit.
+        :return The job ID on success.
+        """
+        if os.path.isfile(job_file):
+            try:
+                jobdata = open(job_file, 'rb').read()
+                server = self.authenticated_server()
+
+                job_id = server.scheduler.submit_job(jobdata)
+                print >> sys.stdout, ("Job submitted with job "
+                                      "ID {0}.".format(job_id))
+
+                return job_id
+            except xmlrpclib.Fault, exc:
+                raise CommandError(str(exc))
+        else:
+            raise CommandError("Job file '{0}' does not exists, or is not "
+                               "a file.".format(job_file))
+
+    def run(self, job_file):
+        """Runs a job file on the local LAVA dispatcher.
+
+        :param job_file: The job file to run.
+        """
+        if os.path.isfile(job_file):
+            if has_command("lava-dispatch"):
+                devices = get_devices()
+                if devices:
+                    if len(devices) > 1:
+                        device_names = [device.hostname for device in devices]
+                        device_param = SingleChoiceParameter("device",
+                                                             device_names)
+                        device = device_param.prompt("Device to use: ")
+                    else:
+                        device = devices[0].hostname
+                    execute(["lava-dispatch", "--target", device, job_file])
+            else:
+                raise CommandError("Cannot find lava-dispatcher installation.")
+        else:
+            raise CommandError("Job file '{0}' does not exists, or it is not "
+                               "a file.".format(job_file))
+
+    def status(self, job_id):
+        """Retrieves the status of a LAVA job.
+
+        :param job_id: The ID of the job to look up.
+        """
+        job_id = str(job_id)
+
+        try:
+            server = self.authenticated_server()
+            job_status = server.scheduler.job_status(job_id)
+
+            status = job_status["job_status"].lower()
+            bundle = job_status["bundle_sha1"]
+
+            print >> sys.stdout, "\nJob id: {0}".format(job_id)
+            print >> sys.stdout, "Status: {0}".format(status)
+            print >> sys.stdout, "Bundle: {0}".format(bundle)
+        except xmlrpclib.Fault, exc:
+            raise CommandError(str(exc))
+
+    def create_tar_repo_job(self, job_file, testdef_file, tar_content):
+        """Creates a job file based on the tar-repo template.
+
+        The tar repo is not kept on the file system.
+
+        :param job_file: The path of the job file to create.
+        :param testdef_file: The path of the test definition file.
+        :param tar_content: What should go into the tarball repository.
+        :return The path of the job file created.
+        """
+
+        print >> sys.stdout, "\nCreating job file..."
+
+        try:
+            tar_repo = create_tar(tar_content)
+
+            job_instance = Job(LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TAR_REPO, job_file)
+            job_instance.update(self.config)
+
+            job_instance.set(LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TAR_REPO_KEY,
+                             base64_encode(tar_repo))
+            job_instance.set(LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TESDEF_KEY,
+                             os.path.basename(testdef_file))
+
+            job_instance.write()
+
+            basename = os.path.basename(job_instance.file_name)
+            print >> sys.stdout, ("\nCreated job file "
+                                  "'{0}'.".format(basename))
+
+            return job_instance.file_name
+        finally:
+            if os.path.isfile(tar_repo):
+                os.unlink(tar_repo)
+
+    def create_test_definition(self, testdef_file, template=TESTDEF_TEMPLATE,
+                               steps=None):
+        """Creates a test definition YAML file.
+
+        :param testdef_file: The file to create.
+        :return The path of the file created.
+        """
+
+        print >> sys.stdout, "\nCreating test definition file..."
+
+        testdef = TestDefinition(template, testdef_file)
+        if steps:
+            steps = to_list(steps)
+            testdef.set(TESTDEF_STEPS_KEY, steps)
+        testdef.update(self.config)
+        testdef.write()
+
+        basename = os.path.basename(testdef.file_name)
+        print >> sys.stdout, ("\nCreated test definition "
+                              "'{0}'.".format(basename))
+
+        return testdef.file_name
+
+    def create_shell_script(self, test_path,
+                            script_name=DEFAULT_TESTDEF_SCRIPT):
+        """Creates a shell script with some default content.
+
+        :param test_path: The directory where to create the script.
+        :param script_name: The name of the script.
+        :return The full path to the script file.
+        """
+        default_script = os.path.join(test_path, script_name)
+
+        if not os.path.isfile(default_script):
+            print >> sys.stdout, "Creating shell script..."
+
+            shell_script = ShellScript(default_script)
+            shell_script.write()
+
+            print >> sys.stdout, ("\nCreated shell script "
+                                  "'{0}'.".format(script_name))
+
+        return default_script

=== added file 'lava/helper/dispatcher.py'
--- lava/helper/dispatcher.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/helper/dispatcher.py	2013-06-19 13:59:43 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Classes and functions to interact with the lava-dispatcher."""
+
+import random
+import string
+import os
+
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+
+# Default devices path, has to be joined with the dispatcher path.
+DEFAULT_DEVICES_PATH = "devices"
+
+
+def get_dispatcher_paths():
+    """Tries to get the dispatcher paths from lava-dispatcher.
+
+    :return A list of paths.
+    """
+    try:
+        from lava_dispatcher.config import write_path
+        return write_path()
+    except ImportError:
+        raise CommandError("Cannot find lava-dispatcher installation.")
+
+
+def get_devices():
+    """Gets the devices list from the dispatcher.
+
+    :return A list of DeviceConfig.
+    """
+    try:
+        from lava_dispatcher.config import get_devices
+        return get_devices()
+    except ImportError:
+        raise CommandError("Cannot find lava-dispatcher installation.")
+
+
+def get_device_file(file_name):
+    """Retrieves the config file name specified, if it exists.
+
+    :param file_name: The config file name to search.
+    :return The path to the file, or None if it does not exist.
+    """
+    try:
+        from lava_dispatcher.config import get_config_file
+        return get_config_file(os.path.join(DEFAULT_DEVICES_PATH,
+                                            file_name))
+    except ImportError:
+        raise CommandError("Cannot find lava-dispatcher installation.")
+
+
+def choose_devices_path(paths):
+    """Picks the first path that is writable by the user.
+
+    :param paths: A list of paths.
+    :return The first path where it is possible to write.
+    """
+    valid_path = None
+    for path in paths:
+        path = os.path.join(path, DEFAULT_DEVICES_PATH)
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            name = "".join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters)
+                           for x in range(6))
+            test_file = os.path.join(path, name)
+            try:
+                fp = open(test_file, 'a')
+                fp.close()
+            except IOError:
+                # Cannot write here.
+                continue
+            else:
+                valid_path = path
+                if os.path.isfile(test_file):
+                    os.unlink(test_file)
+                break
+        else:
+            try:
+                os.makedirs(path)
+            except OSError:
+                # Cannot write here either.
+                continue
+            else:
+                valid_path = path
+                break
+    else:
+        raise CommandError("Insufficient permissions to create new "
+                           "devices.")
+    return valid_path
+
+
+def get_devices_path():
+    """Gets the path to the devices in the LAVA dispatcher."""
+    return choose_devices_path(get_dispatcher_paths())

=== added file 'lava/helper/template.py'
--- lava/helper/template.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/helper/template.py	2013-07-25 09:56:48 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Helper functions for a template."""
+
+from lava.parameter import Parameter
+
+
+def expand_template(template, config):
+    """Updates a template based on the values from the provided config.
+
+    :param template: A template to be updated.
+    :param config: A Config instance where values should be taken.
+    """
+
+    def update(data):
+        """Internal recursive function."""
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            keys = data.keys()
+        elif isinstance(data, list):
+            keys = range(len(data))
+        else:
+            return
+        for key in keys:
+            entry = data[key]
+            if isinstance(entry, Parameter):
+                data[key] = config.get(entry)
+            else:
+                update(entry)
+
+    update(template)
+
+
+def get_key(data, search_key):
+    """Goes through a template looking for a key.
+
+    :param data: The template to traverse.
+    :param search_key: The key to look for.
+    :return The key value.
+    """
+    return_value = None
+    found = False
+
+    if isinstance(data, dict):
+        bucket = []
+
+        for key, value in data.iteritems():
+            if key == search_key:
+                return_value = value
+                found = True
+                break
+            else:
+                bucket.append(value)
+
+        if bucket and not found:
+            for element in bucket:
+                if isinstance(element, list):
+                    for element in element:
+                        bucket.append(element)
+                elif isinstance(element, dict):
+                    for key, value in element.iteritems():
+                        if key == search_key:
+                            return_value = value
+                            found = True
+                            break
+                        else:
+                            bucket.append(value)
+                if found:
+                    break
+
+    return return_value
+
+
+def set_value(data, search_key, new_value):
+    """Sets a new value for a template key.
+
+    :param data: The data structure to update.
+    :type dict
+    :param search_key: The key to search and update.
+    :param new_value: The new value to set.
+    """
+    is_set = False
+
+    if isinstance(data, dict):
+        bucket = []
+
+        for key, value in data.iteritems():
+            if key == search_key:
+                data[key] = new_value
+                is_set = True
+                break
+            else:
+                bucket.append(value)
+
+        if bucket and not is_set:
+            for element in bucket:
+                if isinstance(element, list):
+                    for element in element:
+                        bucket.append(element)
+                elif isinstance(element, dict):
+                    for key, value in element.iteritems():
+                        if key == search_key:
+                            element[key] = new_value
+                            is_set = True
+                            break
+                        else:
+                            bucket.append(value)
+                if is_set:
+                    break

=== added directory 'lava/helper/tests'
=== added file 'lava/helper/tests/__init__.py'
=== added file 'lava/helper/tests/helper_test.py'
--- lava/helper/tests/helper_test.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/helper/tests/helper_test.py	2013-07-24 14:00:37 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+A test helper class.
+
+Here we define a general test class and its own setUp and tearDown methods that
+all other test classes can inherit from.
+"""
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+from unittest import TestCase
+from mock import (
+    MagicMock,
+    patch
+)
+
+
+class HelperTest(TestCase):
+    """Helper test class that all tests under the lava package can inherit."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Need to patch it here, not as a decorator, or running the tests
+        # via `./setup.py test` will fail.
+        self.at_exit_patcher = patch("lava.config.AT_EXIT_CALLS", spec=set)
+        self.at_exit_patcher.start()
+        self.original_stdout = sys.stdout
+        sys.stdout = open("/dev/null", "w")
+        self.original_stderr = sys.stderr
+        sys.stderr = open("/dev/null", "w")
+        self.original_stdin = sys.stdin
+
+        self.device = "a_fake_panda02"
+
+        self.temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+        self.temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        self.parser = MagicMock()
+        self.args = MagicMock()
+        self.args.interactive = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+        self.args.DEVICE = self.device
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.at_exit_patcher.stop()
+        sys.stdin = self.original_stdin
+        sys.stdout = self.original_stdout
+        sys.stderr = self.original_stderr
+        shutil.rmtree(self.temp_dir)
+        os.unlink(self.temp_file.name)
+
+    def tmp(self, name):
+        """
+        Returns the full path to a file, or directory, called `name` in a
+        temporary directory.
+
+        This method does not create the file, it only gives a full filename
+        where you can actually write some data. The file will not be removed
+        by this method.
+
+        :param name: The name the file/directory should have.
+        :return A path.
+        """
+        return os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), name)

=== added file 'lava/helper/tests/test_command.py'
--- lava/helper/tests/test_command.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/helper/tests/test_command.py	2013-07-26 09:35:44 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""lava.helper.command module tests."""
+
+from mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+
+from lava.helper.command import BaseCommand
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+
+
+class BaseCommandTests(HelperTest):
+
+    def test_register_argument(self):
+        # Make sure that the parser add_argument is called and we have the
+        # correct argument.
+        command = BaseCommand(self.parser, self.args)
+        command.register_arguments(self.parser)
+        name, args, kwargs = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+    @patch("lava.helper.command.AuthenticatingServerProxy", create=True)
+    def test_authenticated_server(self, mocked_auth_server):
+        command = BaseCommand(self.parser, self.args)
+        command.config = MagicMock()
+        command.config.get = MagicMock()
+        command.config.get.side_effect = ["www.example.org", "RPC"]
+
+        command.authenticated_server()
+
+        self.assertTrue(mocked_auth_server.called)

=== added file 'lava/helper/tests/test_dispatcher.py'
--- lava/helper/tests/test_dispatcher.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/helper/tests/test_dispatcher.py	2013-06-26 08:58:00 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""lava.helper.dispatcher tests."""
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+from mock import patch
+
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.helper.dispatcher import (
+    choose_devices_path,
+)
+
+
+class DispatcherTests(HelperTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(DispatcherTests, self).setUp()
+        self.devices_dir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "devices")
+        os.makedirs(self.devices_dir)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(DispatcherTests, self).tearDown()
+        os.removedirs(self.devices_dir)
+
+    def test_choose_devices_path_0(self):
+        # Tests that when passing more than one path, the first writable one
+        # is returned.
+        obtained = choose_devices_path(
+            ["/", "/root", self.temp_dir, os.path.expanduser("~")])
+        expected = os.path.join(self.temp_dir, "devices")
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_choose_devices_path_1(self):
+        # Tests that when passing a path that is not writable, CommandError
+        # is raised.
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, choose_devices_path,
+                          ["/", "/root", "/root/tmpdir"])
+
+    def test_choose_devices_path_2(self):
+        # Tests that the correct path for devices is created on the filesystem.
+        expected_path = os.path.join(self.temp_dir, "devices")
+        obtained = choose_devices_path([self.temp_dir])
+        self.assertEqual(expected_path, obtained)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(expected_path))
+
+    def test_choose_devices_path_3(self):
+        # Tests that returns the already existing devices path.
+        obtained = choose_devices_path([tempfile.gettempdir()])
+        self.assertEqual(self.devices_dir, obtained)
+
+    @patch("__builtin__.open")
+    def test_choose_devices_path_4(self, mocked_open):
+        # Tests that when IOError is raised and we pass only one dir
+        # CommandError is raised.
+        mocked_open.side_effect = IOError()
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, choose_devices_path,
+                          [tempfile.gettempdir()])
+        self.assertTrue(mocked_open.called)

=== added file 'lava/helper/tests/test_template.py'
--- lava/helper/tests/test_template.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/helper/tests/test_template.py	2013-07-17 17:35:56 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+""" """
+
+import copy
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from lava.helper.template import (
+    get_key,
+    set_value
+)
+
+
+TEST_TEMPLATE = {
+    "key1": "value1",
+    "key2": [
+        "value2", "value3"
+    ],
+    "key3": [
+        {
+            "key4": "value4",
+            "key5": "value5"
+        },
+        {
+            "key6": "value6",
+            "key7": "value7"
+        },
+        [
+            {
+                "key8": "value8"
+            }
+        ]
+    ],
+    "key10": {
+        "key11": "value11"
+    }
+}
+
+
+class TestParameter(TestCase):
+
+    def test_get_key_simple_key(self):
+        expected = "value1"
+        obtained = get_key(TEST_TEMPLATE, "key1")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_get_key_nested_key(self):
+        expected = "value4"
+        obtained = get_key(TEST_TEMPLATE, "key4")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_get_key_nested_key_1(self):
+        expected = "value7"
+        obtained = get_key(TEST_TEMPLATE, "key7")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_get_key_nested_key_2(self):
+        expected = "value8"
+        obtained = get_key(TEST_TEMPLATE, "key8")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_get_key_nested_key_3(self):
+        expected = "value11"
+        obtained = get_key(TEST_TEMPLATE, "key11")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_set_value_0(self):
+        data = copy.deepcopy(TEST_TEMPLATE)
+        expected = "foo"
+        set_value(data, "key1", expected)
+        obtained = get_key(data, "key1")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_set_value_1(self):
+        data = copy.deepcopy(TEST_TEMPLATE)
+        expected = "foo"
+        set_value(data, "key6", expected)
+        obtained = get_key(data, "key6")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_set_value_2(self):
+        data = copy.deepcopy(TEST_TEMPLATE)
+        expected = "foo"
+        set_value(data, "key11", expected)
+        obtained = get_key(data, "key11")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)

=== modified file 'lava/job/__init__.py'
--- lava/job/__init__.py	2013-05-28 22:08:12 +0000
+++ lava/job/__init__.py	2013-07-26 10:25:39 +0000
@@ -16,32 +16,58 @@ 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 # along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+"""Job class."""
+
+import json
+
 from copy import deepcopy
-import json
-
-from lava.job.templates import Parameter
-
-class Job:
-
-    def __init__(self, template):
-        self.data = deepcopy(template)
-
-    def fill_in(self, config):
-        def insert_data(data):
-            if isinstance(data, dict):
-                keys = data.keys()
-            elif isinstance(data, list):
-                keys = range(len(data))
-            else:
-                return
-            for key in keys:
-                entry = data[key]
-                if isinstance(entry, Parameter):
-                    data[key] = config.get(entry)
-                else:
-                    insert_data(entry)
-        insert_data(self.data)
-
-    def write(self, stream):
-        stream.write(json.dumps(self.data, indent=4))
-
+
+from lava.helper.template import (
+    expand_template,
+    set_value,
+)
+from lava_tool.utils import (
+    verify_file_extension,
+    verify_path_existance,
+    write_file
+)
+
+# A default name for job files.
+DEFAULT_JOB_FILENAME = "lava-tool-job.json"
+# Default job file extension.
+DEFAULT_JOB_EXTENSION = "json"
+# Possible extension for a job file.
+JOB_FILE_EXTENSIONS = [DEFAULT_JOB_EXTENSION]
+
+
+class Job(object):
+
+    """A Job object.
+
+    This class should be used to create new job files. The initialization
+    enforces a default file name extension, and makes sure that the file is
+    not already present on the file system.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, data, file_name):
+        self.file_name = verify_file_extension(file_name,
+                                               DEFAULT_JOB_EXTENSION,
+                                               JOB_FILE_EXTENSIONS)
+        verify_path_existance(self.file_name)
+        self.data = deepcopy(data)
+
+    def set(self, key, value):
+        """Set key to the specified value.
+
+        :param key: The key to look in the object data.
+        :param value: The value to set.
+        """
+        set_value(self.data, key, value)
+
+    def update(self, config):
+        """Updates the Job object based on the provided config."""
+        expand_template(self.data, config)
+
+    def write(self):
+        """Writes the Job object to file."""
+        write_file(self.file_name, json.dumps(self.data, indent=4))

=== modified file 'lava/job/commands.py'
--- lava/job/commands.py	2013-06-03 18:06:49 +0000
+++ lava/job/commands.py	2013-07-25 16:50:18 +0000
@@ -16,79 +16,92 @@ 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 # along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from os.path import exists
-
-from lava.config import InteractiveConfig
+"""
+LAVA job commands.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from lava.helper.command import BaseCommand
 from lava.job import Job
-from lava.job.templates import *
-from lava.tool.command import Command, CommandGroup
+from lava.job.templates import (
+    BOOT_TEST_KEY,
+    JOB_TYPES,
+)
+from lava.tool.command import CommandGroup
 from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
 
-from lava_tool.authtoken import AuthenticatingServerProxy, KeyringAuthBackend
-import xmlrpclib
 
 class job(CommandGroup):
-    """
-    LAVA job file handling
-    """
-
+    """LAVA job file handling."""
     namespace = 'lava.job.commands'
 
-class BaseCommand(Command):
-
-    def __init__(self, parser, args):
-        super(BaseCommand, self).__init__(parser, args)
-        self.config = InteractiveConfig(force_interactive=self.args.interactive)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
-        super(BaseCommand, cls).register_arguments(parser)
-        parser.add_argument(
-            "-i", "--interactive",
-            action='store_true',
-            help=("Forces asking for input parameters even if we already "
-                  "have them cached."))
 
 class new(BaseCommand):
+    """Creates a new job file."""
 
     @classmethod
     def register_arguments(cls, parser):
         super(new, cls).register_arguments(parser)
         parser.add_argument("FILE", help=("Job file to be created."))
-
-    def invoke(self):
-        if exists(self.args.FILE):
-            raise CommandError('%s already exists' % self.args.FILE)
-
-        with open(self.args.FILE, 'w') as f:
-            job = Job(BOOT_TEST)
-            job.fill_in(self.config)
-            job.write(f)
+        parser.add_argument("--type",
+                            help=("The type of job to create. Defaults to "
+                                  "'{0}'.".format(BOOT_TEST_KEY)),
+                            choices=JOB_TYPES.keys(),
+                            default=BOOT_TEST_KEY)
+
+    def invoke(self, job_template=None):
+        if not job_template:
+            job_template = JOB_TYPES.get(self.args.type)
+
+        full_path = os.path.abspath(self.args.FILE)
+
+        job_instance = Job(job_template, full_path)
+        job_instance.update(self.config)
+        job_instance.write()
 
 
 class submit(BaseCommand):
+
+    """Submits the specified job file."""
+
     @classmethod
     def register_arguments(cls, parser):
         super(submit, cls).register_arguments(parser)
-        parser.add_argument("FILE", help=("The job file to submit"))
+        parser.add_argument("FILE", help=("The job file to submit."))
 
     def invoke(self):
-        jobfile = self.args.FILE
-        jobdata = open(jobfile, 'rb').read()
-
-        server_name = Parameter('server')
-        rpc_endpoint = Parameter('rpc_endpoint', depends=server_name)
-        self.config.get(server_name)
-        endpoint = self.config.get(rpc_endpoint)
-
-        server = AuthenticatingServerProxy(endpoint,
-                                           auth_backend=KeyringAuthBackend())
-        try:
-            job_id = server.scheduler.submit_job(jobdata)
-            print "Job submitted with job ID %d" % job_id
-        except xmlrpclib.Fault, e:
-            raise CommandError(str(e))
+        super(submit, self).submit(self.args.FILE)
+
 
 class run(BaseCommand):
-    def invoke(self):
-        print("hello world")
+
+    """Runs the specified job file on the local dispatcher."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(run, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("FILE", help=("The job file to submit."))
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        super(run, self).run(self.args.FILE)
+
+
+class status(BaseCommand):
+
+    """Retrieves the status of a job."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(status, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("JOB_ID",
+                            help=("Prints status information about the "
+                                  "provided job id."),
+                            nargs="?",
+                            default=None)
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        if self.args.JOB_ID:
+            super(status, self).status(self.args.JOB_ID)
+        else:
+            raise CommandError("It is necessary to specify a job id.")

=== modified file 'lava/job/templates.py'
--- lava/job/templates.py	2013-05-28 22:08:12 +0000
+++ lava/job/templates.py	2013-07-26 08:10:16 +0000
@@ -16,23 +16,33 @@ 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 # along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-class Parameter(object):
-
-    def __init__(self, id, depends=None):
-        self.id = id
-        self.depends = depends
-
-device_type = Parameter("device_type")
-prebuilt_image = Parameter("prebuilt_image", depends=device_type)
+from lava.parameter import (
+    ListParameter,
+    Parameter,
+)
+
+LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TAR_REPO_KEY = "tar-repo"
+LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TESDEF_KEY = "testdef"
+
+DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER = Parameter("device_type")
+PREBUILT_IMAGE_PARAMETER = Parameter("image", depends=DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER)
+
+TESTDEF_URLS_PARAMETER = ListParameter("testdef_urls")
+TESTDEF_URLS_PARAMETER.store = False
+
+# Use another ID for the server parameter, might be different.
+SERVER_PARAMETER = Parameter("stream_server")
+STREAM_PARAMETER = Parameter("stream")
 
 BOOT_TEST = {
+    "timeout": 18000,
     "job_name": "Boot test",
-    "device_type": device_type,
+    "device_type": DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER,
     "actions": [
         {
             "command": "deploy_linaro_image",
             "parameters": {
-                "image": prebuilt_image
+                "image": PREBUILT_IMAGE_PARAMETER
             }
         },
         {
@@ -43,21 +53,72 @@ 
 
 LAVA_TEST_SHELL = {
     "job_name": "LAVA Test Shell",
-    "device_type": device_type,
-    "actions": [
-        {
-            "command": "deploy_linaro_image",
-            "parameters": {
-                "image": prebuilt_image,
-            }
-        },
-        {
-            "command": "lava_test_shell",
-            "parameters": {
-                "testdef_urls": [
-                    Parameter("testdef_url")
+    "timeout": 18000,
+    "device_type": DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER,
+    "actions": [
+        {
+            "command": "deploy_linaro_image",
+            "parameters": {
+                "image": PREBUILT_IMAGE_PARAMETER,
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "command": "lava_test_shell",
+            "parameters": {
+                "timeout": 1800,
+                "testdef_urls": TESTDEF_URLS_PARAMETER,
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "command": "submit_results",
+            "parameters": {
+                "stream": STREAM_PARAMETER,
+                "server": SERVER_PARAMETER
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
+
+# This is a special case template, only use when automatically create job files
+# starting from a testdef or a script. Never to be used directly by the user.
+LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TAR_REPO = {
+    "job_name": "LAVA Test Shell",
+    "timeout": 18000,
+    "device_type": DEVICE_TYPE_PARAMETER,
+    "actions": [
+        {
+            "command": "deploy_linaro_image",
+            "parameters": {
+                "image": PREBUILT_IMAGE_PARAMETER,
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "command": "lava_test_shell",
+            "parameters": {
+                "timeout": 1800,
+                "testdef_repos": [
+                    {
+                        LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TESDEF_KEY: None,
+                        LAVA_TEST_SHELL_TAR_REPO_KEY: None,
+                    }
                 ]
             }
+        },
+        {
+            "command": "submit_results",
+            "parameters": {
+                "stream": STREAM_PARAMETER,
+                "server": SERVER_PARAMETER
+            }
         }
     ]
 }
+
+BOOT_TEST_KEY = "boot-test"
+LAVA_TEST_SHELL_KEY = "lava-test-shell"
+
+# Dict with all the user available job templates.
+JOB_TYPES = {
+    BOOT_TEST_KEY: BOOT_TEST,
+    LAVA_TEST_SHELL_KEY: LAVA_TEST_SHELL,
+}

=== modified file 'lava/job/tests/test_commands.py'
--- lava/job/tests/test_commands.py	2013-06-03 18:06:49 +0000
+++ lava/job/tests/test_commands.py	2013-07-26 08:17:45 +0000
@@ -20,74 +20,136 @@ 
 Unit tests for the commands classes
 """
 
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
 import json
-from os import (
-    makedirs,
-    removedirs,
-)
-from os.path import(
-    exists,
-    join,
-)
-from shutil import(
-    rmtree,
-)
-from tempfile import mkdtemp
-from unittest import TestCase
-
-from lava.config import NonInteractiveConfig
-from lava.job.commands import *
+import os
+
+from mock import patch
+
+from lava.config import Config
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.job.commands import (
+    new,
+    run,
+    submit,
+    status,
+)
+from lava.parameter import Parameter
 from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
 
-from mocker import Mocker
-
-def make_command(command, *args):
-    parser = ArgumentParser(description="fake argument parser")
-    command.register_arguments(parser)
-    the_args = parser.parse_args(*args)
-    cmd = command(parser, the_args)
-    cmd.config = NonInteractiveConfig({ 'device_type': 'foo', 'prebuilt_image': 'bar' })
-    return cmd
-
-class CommandTest(TestCase):
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.tmpdir = mkdtemp()
+
+class CommandTest(HelperTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(CommandTest, self).setUp()
+        self.args.FILE = self.temp_file.name
+        self.args.type = "boot-test"
+
+        self.device_type = Parameter('device_type')
+        self.prebuilt_image = Parameter('prebuilt_image',
+                                        depends=self.device_type)
+        self.config = Config()
+        self.config.put_parameter(self.device_type, 'foo')
+        self.config.put_parameter(self.prebuilt_image, 'bar')
+
+
+class JobNewTest(CommandTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(JobNewTest, self).setUp()
+        self.args.FILE = self.tmp("new_file.json")
+        self.new_command = new(self.parser, self.args)
+        self.new_command.config = self.config
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        rmtree(self.tmpdir)
-
-    def tmp(self, filename):
-        return join(self.tmpdir, filename)
-
-class JobNewTest(CommandTest):
+        super(JobNewTest, self).tearDown()
+        if os.path.exists(self.args.FILE):
+            os.unlink(self.args.FILE)
+
+    def test_register_arguments(self):
+        new_cmd = new(self.parser, self.args)
+        new_cmd.register_arguments(self.parser)
+
+        # Make sure we do not forget about this test.
+        self.assertEqual(3, len(self.parser.method_calls))
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("FILE", args)
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[2]
+        self.assertIn("--type", args)
 
     def test_create_new_file(self):
-        f = self.tmp('file.json')
-        command = make_command(new, [f])
-        command.invoke()
-        self.assertTrue(exists(f))
+        self.new_command.invoke()
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(self.args.FILE))
 
     def test_fills_in_template_parameters(self):
-        f = self.tmp('myjob.json')
-        command = make_command(new, [f])
-        command.invoke()
+        self.new_command.invoke()
 
-        data = json.loads(open(f).read())
+        data = json.loads(open(self.args.FILE).read())
         self.assertEqual(data['device_type'], 'foo')
 
-    def test_wont_overwriteexisting_file(self):
-        existing = self.tmp('existing.json')
-        with open(existing, 'w') as f:
+    def test_wont_overwrite_existing_file(self):
+        with open(self.args.FILE, 'w') as f:
             f.write("CONTENTS")
-        command = make_command(new, [existing])
-        with self.assertRaises(CommandError):
-            command.invoke()
-        self.assertEqual("CONTENTS", open(existing).read())
+
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, self.new_command.invoke)
+        self.assertEqual("CONTENTS", open(self.args.FILE).read())
+
 
 class JobSubmitTest(CommandTest):
 
     def test_receives_job_file_in_cmdline(self):
-        cmd = make_command(new, ['FOO.json'])
-        self.assertEqual('FOO.json', cmd.args.FILE)
+        command = submit(self.parser, self.args)
+        command.register_arguments(self.parser)
+        name, args, kwargs = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("FILE", args)
+
+
+class JobRunTest(CommandTest):
+
+    def test_register_arguments(self):
+        run_cmd = run(self.parser, self.args)
+        run_cmd.register_arguments(self.parser)
+
+        # Make sure we do not forget about this test.
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(self.parser.method_calls))
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("FILE", args)
+
+    def test_invoke_raises_0(self):
+        # Users passes a non existing job file to the run command.
+        self.args.FILE = self.tmp("test_invoke_raises_0.json")
+        command = run(self.parser, self.args)
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, command.invoke)
+
+    @patch("lava.helper.command.has_command", create=True)
+    def test_invoke_raises_1(self, mocked_has_command):
+        # User passes a valid file to the run command, but she does not have
+        # the dispatcher installed.
+        mocked_has_command.return_value = False
+        command = run(self.parser, self.args)
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, command.invoke)
+
+
+class TestsStatusCommand(CommandTest):
+
+    def test_register_arguments(self):
+        self.args.JOB_ID = "1"
+        status_cmd = status(self.parser, self.args)
+        status_cmd.register_arguments(self.parser)
+
+        # Make sure we do not forget about this test.
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(self.parser.method_calls))
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("JOB_ID", args)

=== modified file 'lava/job/tests/test_job.py'
--- lava/job/tests/test_job.py	2013-05-28 22:08:12 +0000
+++ lava/job/tests/test_job.py	2013-07-25 12:44:55 +0000
@@ -20,49 +20,73 @@ 
 Unit tests for the Job class
 """
 
+import os
 import json
-from unittest import TestCase
-from StringIO import StringIO
-
-from lava.config import NonInteractiveConfig
-from lava.job.templates import *
+import tempfile
+
+from mock import patch
+
+from lava.config import Config
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
 from lava.job import Job
-
-class JobTest(TestCase):
+from lava.job.templates import BOOT_TEST
+from lava.parameter import Parameter
+
+
+class JobTest(HelperTest):
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.save")
+    def setUp(self, mocked_config):
+        super(JobTest, self).setUp()
+        self.config = Config()
+        self.config.config_file = self.temp_file.name
 
     def test_from_template(self):
         template = {}
-        job = Job(template)
+        job = Job(template, self.temp_file.name)
         self.assertEqual(job.data, template)
         self.assertIsNot(job.data, template)
 
-    def test_fill_in_data(self):
-        job = Job(BOOT_TEST)
+    def test_update_data(self):
         image = "/path/to/panda.img"
-        config = NonInteractiveConfig(
-            {
-                "device_type": "panda",
-                "prebuilt_image": image,
-            }
-        )
-        job.fill_in(config)
+        param1 = Parameter("device_type")
+        param2 = Parameter("image", depends=param1)
+        self.config.put_parameter(param1, "panda")
+        self.config.put_parameter(param2, image)
+
+        job = Job(BOOT_TEST, self.temp_file.name)
+        job.update(self.config)
 
         self.assertEqual(job.data['device_type'], "panda")
         self.assertEqual(job.data['actions'][0]["parameters"]["image"], image)
 
     def test_write(self):
-        orig_data = { "foo": "bar" }
-        job = Job(orig_data)
-        output = StringIO()
-        job.write(output)
-
-        data = json.loads(output.getvalue())
-        self.assertEqual(data, orig_data)
+        try:
+            orig_data = {"foo": "bar"}
+            job_file = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "a_json_file.json")
+            job = Job(orig_data, job_file)
+            job.write()
+
+            output = ""
+            with open(job_file) as read_file:
+                output = read_file.read()
+
+            data = json.loads(output)
+            self.assertEqual(data, orig_data)
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(job_file)
 
     def test_writes_nicely_formatted_json(self):
-        orig_data = { "foo": "bar" }
-        job = Job(orig_data)
-        output = StringIO()
-        job.write(output)
-
-        self.assertTrue(output.getvalue().startswith("{\n"))
+        try:
+            orig_data = {"foo": "bar"}
+            job_file = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "b_json_file.json")
+            job = Job(orig_data, job_file)
+            job.write()
+
+            output = ""
+            with open(job_file) as read_file:
+                output = read_file.read()
+
+            self.assertTrue(output.startswith("{\n"))
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(job_file)

=== added file 'lava/parameter.py'
--- lava/parameter.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/parameter.py	2013-07-26 08:16:30 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Antonio Terceiro <antonio.terceiro@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Parameter class and its accessory methods/functions.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import types
+
+from lava_tool.utils import to_list
+
+# Character used to join serialized list parameters.
+LIST_SERIALIZE_DELIMITER = ","
+
+
+class Parameter(object):
+    """A parameter with an optional dependency."""
+    def __init__(self, id, value=None, depends=None):
+        """Creates a new parameter.
+
+        :param id: The name of this parameter.
+        :param value: The value of this parameter. Defaults to None.
+        :param depends: If this Parameter depends on another one. Defaults
+                        to None.
+        :type Parameter
+        """
+        self.id = id
+        self.value = value
+        self.depends = depends
+        self.asked = False
+        # Whether to store or not the parameter in the user config file.
+        self.store = True
+
+    def set(self, value):
+        """Sets the value of the parameter.
+
+        :param value: The value to set.
+        """
+        self.value = value
+
+    def prompt(self, old_value=None):
+        """Gets the parameter value from the user.
+
+        To get user input, the builtin `raw_input` function will be used. Input
+        will also be stripped of possible whitespace chars. If Enter or any
+        sort of whitespace chars in typed, the old Parameter value will be
+        returned.
+
+        :param old_value: The old parameter value.
+        :return The input as typed by the user, or the old value.
+        """
+        if not self.asked:
+            if old_value is not None:
+                prompt = "{0} [{1}]: ".format(self.id, old_value)
+            else:
+                prompt = "{0}: ".format(self.id)
+
+            user_input = self.get_user_input(prompt)
+
+            if user_input is not None:
+                if len(user_input) == 0 and old_value:
+                    # Keep the old value when user press enter or another
+                    # whitespace char.
+                    self.value = old_value
+                else:
+                    self.value = user_input
+
+            self.asked = True
+
+        return self.value
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_user_input(cls, prompt=""):
+        """Asks the user for input data.
+
+        :param prompt: The prompt that should be given to the user.
+        :return A string with what the user typed.
+        """
+        data = None
+        try:
+            data = raw_input(prompt).strip()
+        except EOFError:
+            # Force to return None.
+            data = None
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            sys.exit(-1)
+        return data
+
+    @classmethod
+    def serialize(cls, value):
+        """Serializes the passed value to be friendly written to file.
+
+        Lists are serialized as a comma separated string of values.
+
+        :param value: The value to serialize.
+        :return The serialized value as string.
+        """
+        serialized = ""
+        if isinstance(value, list):
+            serialized = LIST_SERIALIZE_DELIMITER.join(
+                str(x) for x in value if x)
+        else:
+            serialized = str(value)
+        return serialized
+
+    @classmethod
+    def deserialize(cls, value):
+        """Deserialize a value into a list.
+
+        The value must have been serialized with the class instance serialize()
+        method.
+
+        :param value: The string value to be deserialized.
+        :type str
+        :return A list of values.
+        """
+        deserialized = []
+        if isinstance(value, types.StringTypes):
+            deserialized = filter(None, (x.strip() for x in value.split(
+                LIST_SERIALIZE_DELIMITER)))
+        else:
+            deserialized = list(value)
+        return deserialized
+
+
+class SingleChoiceParameter(Parameter):
+    """A parameter implemeting a single choice between multiple choices."""
+    def __init__(self, id, choices):
+        super(SingleChoiceParameter, self).__init__(id)
+        self.choices = to_list(choices)
+
+    def prompt(self, prompt, old_value=None):
+        """Asks the user for their choice."""
+        # Sliglty different than the other parameters: here we first present
+        # the user with what the choices are about.
+        print >> sys.stdout, prompt
+
+        index = 1
+        for choice in self.choices:
+            print >> sys.stdout, "\t{0:d}. {1}".format(index, choice)
+            index += 1
+
+        choices_len = len(self.choices)
+        while True:
+            user_input = self.get_user_input("Choice: ")
+
+            if len(user_input) == 0 and old_value:
+                choice = old_value
+                break
+            elif user_input in [str(x) for x in range(1, choices_len + 1)]:
+                choice = self.choices[int(user_input) - 1]
+                break
+
+        return choice
+
+
+class ListParameter(Parameter):
+    """A specialized Parameter to handle list values."""
+
+    # This is used as a deletion character. When we have an old value and the
+    # user enters this char, it sort of deletes the value.
+    DELETE_CHAR = "-"
+
+    def __init__(self, id, value=None, depends=None):
+        super(ListParameter, self).__init__(id, depends=depends)
+        self.value = []
+        if value:
+            self.set(value)
+
+    def set(self, value):
+        """Sets the value of the parameter.
+
+        :param value: The value to set.
+        """
+        self.value = to_list(value)
+
+    def add(self, value):
+        """Adds a new value to the list of values of this parameter.
+
+        :param value: The value to add.
+        """
+        if isinstance(value, list):
+            self.value.extend(value)
+        else:
+            self.value.append(value)
+
+    def prompt(self, old_value=None):
+        """Gets the parameter in a list form.
+
+        To exit the input procedure it is necessary to insert an empty line.
+
+        :return The list of values.
+        """
+
+        if not self.asked:
+            if old_value is not None:
+                # We might get the old value read from file via ConfigParser,
+                # and usually it comes in string format.
+                old_value = self.deserialize(old_value)
+
+            print >> sys.stdout, "Values for '{0}': ".format(self.id)
+
+            index = 1
+            while True:
+                user_input = None
+                if old_value is not None and (0 < len(old_value) >= index):
+                    prompt = "{0:>3d}.\n\told: {1}\n\tnew: ".format(
+                        index, old_value[index-1])
+                    user_input = self.get_user_input(prompt)
+                else:
+                    prompt = "{0:>3d}. ".format(index)
+                    user_input = self.get_user_input(prompt)
+
+                if user_input is not None:
+                    # The user has pressed Enter.
+                    if len(user_input) == 0:
+                        if old_value is not None and \
+                                (0 < len(old_value) >= index):
+                            user_input = old_value[index-1]
+                        else:
+                            break
+
+                    if len(user_input) == 1 and user_input == \
+                            self.DELETE_CHAR and (0 < len(old_value) >= index):
+                        # We have an old value, user presses the DELETE_CHAR
+                        # and we do not store anything. This is done to delete
+                        # an old entry.
+                        pass
+                    else:
+                        self.value.append(user_input)
+                    index += 1
+
+            self.asked = True
+
+        return self.value

=== added directory 'lava/script'
=== added file 'lava/script/__init__.py'
--- lava/script/__init__.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/script/__init__.py	2013-07-25 16:42:18 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Scripts handling class."""
+
+import os
+import stat
+
+from lava_tool.utils import write_file
+
+
+DEFAULT_MOD = stat.S_IRWXU | stat.S_IRWXG | stat.S_IROTH | stat.S_IXOTH
+DEFAULT_TESTDEF_SCRIPT_CONTENT = """#!/bin/sh
+# Automatic generated content by lava-tool.
+# Please add your own instructions.
+#
+# You can use all the avialable Bash commands.
+#
+# For the available LAVA commands, see:
+#    http://lava.readthedocs.org/
+#
+"""
+DEFAULT_TESTDEF_SCRIPT = "mytest.sh"
+
+
+class ShellScript(object):
+
+    """Creates a shell script on the file system with some content."""
+
+    def __init__(self, file_name):
+        self.file_name = file_name
+
+    def write(self):
+        write_file(self.file_name, DEFAULT_TESTDEF_SCRIPT_CONTENT)
+        # Make sure the script is executable.
+        os.chmod(self.file_name, DEFAULT_MOD)

=== added file 'lava/script/commands.py'
--- lava/script/commands.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/script/commands.py	2013-07-26 14:08:28 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Commands to run or submit a script."""
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+from lava.helper.command import BaseCommand
+from lava.job import DEFAULT_JOB_FILENAME
+from lava.testdef import DEFAULT_TESTDEF_FILENAME
+from lava.tool.command import CommandGroup
+from lava_tool.utils import verify_path_non_existance
+
+
+class script(CommandGroup):
+
+    """LAVA script file handling."""
+
+    namespace = "lava.script.commands"
+
+
+class ScriptBaseCommand(BaseCommand):
+
+    def _create_tmp_job_file(self, script_file):
+        """Creates a temporary job file to run or submit the passed file.
+
+        The temporary job file and its accessory test definition file are
+        not removed by this method.
+
+        :param script_file: The script file that has to be run or submitted.
+        :return A tuple with the job file path, and the test definition path.
+        """
+        script_file = os.path.abspath(script_file)
+        verify_path_non_existance(script_file)
+
+        temp_dir = tempfile.gettempdir()
+
+        # The name of the job and testdef files.
+        job_file = os.path.join(temp_dir, DEFAULT_JOB_FILENAME)
+        testdef_file = os.path.join(temp_dir, DEFAULT_TESTDEF_FILENAME)
+
+        # The steps that the testdef file should have. We need to change it
+        # from the default one, since the users are passing their own file.
+        steps = "./" + os.path.basename(script_file)
+        testdef_file = self.create_test_definition(testdef_file,
+                                                   steps=steps)
+
+        # The content of the tar file.
+        tar_content = [script_file, testdef_file]
+        job_file = self.create_tar_repo_job(job_file, testdef_file,
+                                            tar_content)
+
+        return (job_file, testdef_file)
+
+
+class run(ScriptBaseCommand):
+
+    """Runs the specified shell script on a local device."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(run, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("FILE", help="Shell script file to run.")
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        job_file = ""
+        testdef_file = ""
+
+        try:
+            job_file, testdef_file = self._create_tmp_job_file(self.args.FILE)
+            super(run, self).run(job_file)
+        finally:
+            if os.path.isfile(job_file):
+                os.unlink(job_file)
+            if os.path.isfile(testdef_file):
+                os.unlink(testdef_file)
+
+
+class submit(ScriptBaseCommand):
+
+    """Submits the specified shell script to a LAVA server."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(submit, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("FILE", help="Shell script file to send.")
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        job_file = ""
+        testdef_file = ""
+
+        try:
+            job_file, testdef_file = self._create_tmp_job_file(self.args.FILE)
+            super(submit, self).submit(job_file)
+        finally:
+            if os.path.isfile(job_file):
+                os.unlink(job_file)
+            if os.path.isfile(testdef_file):
+                os.unlink(testdef_file)

=== added directory 'lava/script/tests'
=== added file 'lava/script/tests/__init__.py'
=== added file 'lava/script/tests/test_commands.py'
--- lava/script/tests/test_commands.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/script/tests/test_commands.py	2013-07-26 08:45:05 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Tests for lava.script.commands.
+"""
+
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.script.commands import (
+    run,
+    submit,
+)
+
+
+class RunCommandTests(HelperTest):
+
+    def test_register_arguments(self):
+        run_cmd = run(self.parser, self.args)
+        run_cmd.register_arguments(self.parser)
+
+        # Make sure we do not forget about this test.
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(self.parser.method_calls))
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("FILE", args)
+
+
+class SubmitCommandTests(HelperTest):
+
+    def test_register_arguments(self):
+        submit_cmd = submit(self.parser, self.args)
+        submit_cmd.register_arguments(self.parser)
+
+        # Make sure we do not forget about this test.
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(self.parser.method_calls))
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("FILE", args)

=== added file 'lava/script/tests/test_script.py'
--- lava/script/tests/test_script.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/script/tests/test_script.py	2013-07-26 08:45:05 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Unittests for the ShellScript class.
+"""
+
+import os
+import stat
+
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.script import ShellScript
+
+
+class ShellScriptTests(HelperTest):
+
+    """ShellScript tests."""
+
+    def test_create_file(self):
+        # Tests that a shell script is actually written.
+        try:
+            temp_file = self.tmp("a_shell_test")
+            script = ShellScript(temp_file)
+            script.write()
+
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(temp_file))
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(temp_file)
+
+    def test_assure_executable(self):
+        # Tests that the shell script created is executable.
+        try:
+            temp_file = self.tmp("a_shell_test")
+            script = ShellScript(temp_file)
+            script.write()
+
+            expected = (stat.S_IRWXU | stat.S_IRWXG | stat.S_IROTH |
+                        stat.S_IXOTH)
+
+            obtained = stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(temp_file).st_mode)
+            self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(temp_file)
+
+    def test_shell_script_content(self):
+        # Tests that the shell script created contains the exepcted content.
+        try:
+            temp_file = self.tmp("a_shell_test")
+            script = ShellScript(temp_file)
+            script.write()
+
+            obtained = ""
+            with open(temp_file) as read_file:
+                obtained = read_file.read()
+
+            expected = ("#!/bin/sh\n# Automatic generated "
+                        "content by lava-tool.\n# Please add your own "
+                        "instructions.\n#\n# You can use all the avialable "
+                        "Bash commands.\n#\n# For the available LAVA "
+                        "commands, see:\n#    http://lava.readthedocs.org/\n"
+                        "#\n")
+
+            self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(temp_file)

=== added directory 'lava/testdef'
=== added file 'lava/testdef/__init__.py'
--- lava/testdef/__init__.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/testdef/__init__.py	2013-07-26 10:25:39 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""TestDefinition class."""
+
+import yaml
+
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+from lava.helper.template import (
+    expand_template,
+    set_value,
+)
+from lava_tool.utils import (
+    write_file,
+    verify_path_existance,
+    verify_file_extension,
+)
+
+# Default name for a test definition.
+DEFAULT_TESTDEF_FILENAME = "lavatest.yaml"
+# Default test def file extension.
+DEFAULT_TESTDEF_EXTENSION = "yaml"
+# Possible extensions for a test def file.
+TESTDEF_FILE_EXTENSIONS = [DEFAULT_TESTDEF_EXTENSION]
+
+
+class TestDefinition(object):
+
+    """A test definition object.
+
+    This class should be used to create test definitions. The initialization
+    enforces a default file name extension, and makes sure that the file is
+    not already present on the file system.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, data, file_name):
+        """Initialize the object.
+
+        :param data: The serializable data to be used, usually a template.
+        :type dict
+        :param file_name: Where the test definition will be written.
+        :type str
+        """
+        self.file_name = verify_file_extension(file_name,
+                                               DEFAULT_TESTDEF_EXTENSION,
+                                               TESTDEF_FILE_EXTENSIONS)
+        verify_path_existance(self.file_name)
+
+        self.data = deepcopy(data)
+
+    def set(self, key, value):
+        """Set key to the specified value.
+
+        :param key: The key to look in the object data.
+        :param value: The value to set.
+        """
+        set_value(self.data, key, value)
+
+    def write(self):
+        """Writes the test definition to file."""
+        content = yaml.dump(self.data, default_flow_style=False, indent=4)
+        write_file(self.file_name, content)
+
+    def update(self, config):
+        """Updates the TestDefinition object based on the provided config."""
+        expand_template(self.data, config)

=== added file 'lava/testdef/commands.py'
--- lava/testdef/commands.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/testdef/commands.py	2013-07-29 07:47:19 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Test definition commands class.
+"""
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+from lava.helper.command import BaseCommand
+from lava.job import DEFAULT_JOB_FILENAME
+from lava.tool.command import CommandGroup
+from lava_tool.utils import verify_path_non_existance
+
+
+class testdef(CommandGroup):
+
+    """LAVA test definitions handling."""
+
+    namespace = "lava.testdef.commands"
+
+
+class TestdefBaseCommand(BaseCommand):
+
+    def _create_tmp_job_file(self, testdef_file):
+        testdef_file = os.path.abspath(testdef_file)
+        verify_path_non_existance(testdef_file)
+
+        job_file = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(),
+                                DEFAULT_JOB_FILENAME)
+
+        tar_content = [testdef_file]
+        job_file = self.create_tar_repo_job(job_file, testdef_file,
+                                            tar_content)
+
+        return job_file
+
+
+class new(TestdefBaseCommand):
+
+    """Creates a new test definition file."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(new, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("FILE", help="Test definition file to create.")
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        full_path = os.path.abspath(self.args.FILE)
+        self.create_test_definition(full_path)
+
+
+class run(TestdefBaseCommand):
+
+    """Runs the specified test definition on a local device."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(run, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("FILE", help="Test definition file to run.")
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        job_file = ""
+        try:
+            job_file = self._create_tmp_job_file(self.args.FILE)
+            super(run, self).run(job_file)
+        finally:
+            if os.path.isfile(job_file):
+                os.unlink(job_file)
+
+
+class submit(TestdefBaseCommand):
+
+    """Submits the specified test definition to a LAVA server."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(submit, cls).register_arguments(parser)
+        parser.add_argument("FILE", help="Test definition file to send.")
+
+    def invoke(self):
+        job_file = ""
+        try:
+            job_file = self._create_tmp_job_file(self.args.FILE)
+            super(submit, self).submit(job_file)
+        finally:
+            if os.path.isfile(job_file):
+                os.unlink(job_file)

=== added file 'lava/testdef/templates.py'
--- lava/testdef/templates.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/testdef/templates.py	2013-07-26 10:25:39 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Test definition templates."""
+
+from lava.parameter import (
+    Parameter,
+)
+
+DEFAULT_TESTDEF_VERSION = "1.0"
+DEFAULT_TESTDEF_FORMAT = "Lava-Test Test Definition 1.0"
+DEFAULT_ENVIRONMET_VALUE = "lava_test_shell"
+
+# All these parameters will not be stored on the local config file.
+NAME_PARAMETER = Parameter("name")
+NAME_PARAMETER.store = False
+
+DESCRIPTION_PARAMETER = Parameter("description", depends=NAME_PARAMETER)
+DESCRIPTION_PARAMETER.store = False
+
+TESTDEF_STEPS_KEY = "steps"
+
+TESTDEF_TEMPLATE = {
+    "metadata": {
+        "name": NAME_PARAMETER,
+        "format": DEFAULT_TESTDEF_FORMAT,
+        "version": DEFAULT_TESTDEF_VERSION,
+        "description": DESCRIPTION_PARAMETER,
+        "environment": [DEFAULT_ENVIRONMET_VALUE],
+    },
+    "run": {
+        TESTDEF_STEPS_KEY: ["./mytest.sh"]
+    },
+    "parse": {
+        "pattern": r'^\s*(?P<test_case_id>\w+)=(?P<result>\w+)\s*$'
+    }
+}

=== added directory 'lava/testdef/tests'
=== added file 'lava/testdef/tests/__init__.py'
=== added file 'lava/testdef/tests/test_commands.py'
--- lava/testdef/tests/test_commands.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/testdef/tests/test_commands.py	2013-07-26 08:10:16 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Tests for lava.testdef.commands.
+"""
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+import yaml
+
+from mock import (
+    patch,
+)
+
+from lava.config import InteractiveConfig
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.testdef.commands import (
+    new,
+)
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+
+
+class NewCommandTest(HelperTest):
+    """Class for the lava.testdef new command tests."""
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.save")
+    def setUp(self, mocked_save):
+        super(NewCommandTest, self).setUp()
+        self.file_name = "fake_testdef.yaml"
+        self.file_path = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), self.file_name)
+        self.args.FILE = self.file_path
+
+        self.temp_yaml = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".yaml",
+                                                     delete=False)
+
+        self.config_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+        self.config = InteractiveConfig()
+        self.config.config_file = self.config_file.name
+        # Patch class raw_input, start it, and stop it on tearDown.
+        self.patcher1 = patch("lava.parameter.raw_input", create=True)
+        self.mocked_raw_input = self.patcher1.start()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(NewCommandTest, self).tearDown()
+        if os.path.isfile(self.file_path):
+            os.unlink(self.file_path)
+        os.unlink(self.config_file.name)
+        os.unlink(self.temp_yaml.name)
+        self.patcher1.stop()
+
+    def test_register_arguments(self):
+        # Make sure that the parser add_argument is called and we have the
+        # correct argument.
+        new_command = new(self.parser, self.args)
+        new_command.register_arguments(self.parser)
+
+        # Make sure we do not forget about this test.
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(self.parser.method_calls))
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("FILE", args)
+
+    def test_invoke_0(self):
+        # Test that passing a file on the command line, it is created on the
+        # file system.
+        self.mocked_raw_input.return_value = "\n"
+        new_command = new(self.parser, self.args)
+        new_command.invoke()
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(self.file_path))
+
+    def test_invoke_1(self):
+        # Test that when passing an already existing file, an exception is
+        # thrown.
+        self.args.FILE = self.temp_yaml.name
+        new_command = new(self.parser, self.args)
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, new_command.invoke)
+
+    def test_invoke_2(self):
+        # Tests that when adding a new test definition and writing it to file
+        # a correct YAML structure is created.
+        self.mocked_raw_input.return_value = "\n"
+        new_command = new(self.parser, self.args)
+        new_command.config = self.config
+        new_command.invoke()
+        expected = {'run': {'steps': ["./mytest.sh"]},
+                    'metadata': {
+                        'environment': ['lava_test_shell'],
+                        'format': 'Lava-Test Test Definition 1.0',
+                        'version': '1.0',
+                        'description': '',
+                        'name': ''},
+                    'parse': {
+                        'pattern':
+                        '^\\s*(?P<test_case_id>\\w+)=(?P<result>\\w+)\\s*$'
+                        },
+                    }
+        obtained = None
+        with open(self.file_path, 'r') as read_file:
+            obtained = yaml.load(read_file)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_invoke_3(self):
+        # Tests that when adding a new test definition and writing it to a file
+        # in a directory withour permissions, exception is raised.
+        self.args.FILE = "/test_file.yaml"
+        self.mocked_raw_input.return_value = "\n"
+        new_command = new(self.parser, self.args)
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, new_command.invoke)
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(self.args.FILE))
+
+    def test_invoke_4(self):
+        # Tests that when passing values for the "steps" ListParameter, we get
+        # back the correct data structure.
+        self.mocked_raw_input.side_effect = ["foo", "\n", "\n", "\n", "\n",
+                                             "\n"]
+        new_command = new(self.parser, self.args)
+        new_command.invoke()
+        expected = {'run': {'steps': ["./mytest.sh"]},
+                    'metadata': {
+                        'environment': ['lava_test_shell'],
+                        'format': 'Lava-Test Test Definition 1.0',
+                        'version': '1.0',
+                        'description': '',
+                        'name': 'foo'
+                    },
+                    'parse': {
+                        'pattern':
+                        '^\\s*(?P<test_case_id>\\w+)=(?P<result>\\w+)\\s*$'
+                        },
+                    }
+        obtained = None
+        with open(self.file_path, 'r') as read_file:
+            obtained = yaml.load(read_file)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)

=== added directory 'lava/tests'
=== added file 'lava/tests/__init__.py'
=== added file 'lava/tests/test_commands.py'
--- lava/tests/test_commands.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/tests/test_commands.py	2013-07-26 08:16:30 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Tests for lava.commands.
+"""
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+from mock import (
+    MagicMock,
+    patch
+)
+
+from lava.commands import (
+    init,
+    submit,
+)
+from lava.config import Config
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+
+
+class InitCommandTests(HelperTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(InitCommandTests, self).setUp()
+        self.config_file = self.tmp("init_command_tests")
+        self.config = Config()
+        self.config.config_file = self.config_file
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(InitCommandTests, self).tearDown()
+        if os.path.isfile(self.config_file):
+            os.unlink(self.config_file)
+
+    def test_register_arguments(self):
+        self.args.DIR = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "a_fake_dir")
+        init_command = init(self.parser, self.args)
+        init_command.register_arguments(self.parser)
+
+        # Make sure we do not forget about this test.
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(self.parser.method_calls))
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("DIR", args)
+
+    @patch("lava.commands.edit_file", create=True)
+    def test_command_invoke_0(self, mocked_edit_file):
+        # Invoke the init command passing a path to a file. Should raise an
+        # exception.
+        self.args.DIR = self.temp_file.name
+        init_command = init(self.parser, self.args)
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, init_command.invoke)
+
+    def test_command_invoke_2(self):
+        # Invoke the init command passing a path where the user cannot write.
+        try:
+            self.args.DIR = "/root/a_temp_dir"
+            init_command = init(self.parser, self.args)
+            self.assertRaises(CommandError, init_command.invoke)
+        finally:
+            if os.path.exists(self.args.DIR):
+                os.removedirs(self.args.DIR)
+
+    def test_update_data(self):
+        # Make sure the template is updated accordingly with the provided data.
+        self.args.DIR = self.temp_file.name
+
+        init_command = init(self.parser, self.args)
+        init_command.config.get = MagicMock()
+        init_command.config.save = MagicMock()
+        init_command.config.get.side_effect = ["a_job.json"]
+
+        expected = {
+            "jobfile": "a_job.json",
+        }
+
+        obtained = init_command._update_data()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+
+class SubmitCommandTests(HelperTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(SubmitCommandTests, self).setUp()
+        self.config_file = self.tmp("submit_command_tests")
+        self.config = Config()
+        self.config.config_file = self.config_file
+        self.config.save = MagicMock()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(SubmitCommandTests, self).tearDown()
+        if os.path.isfile(self.config_file):
+            os.unlink(self.config_file)
+
+    def test_register_arguments(self):
+        self.args.JOB = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "a_fake_file")
+        submit_command = submit(self.parser, self.args)
+        submit_command.register_arguments(self.parser)
+
+        # Make sure we do not forget about this test.
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(self.parser.method_calls))
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[0]
+        self.assertIn("--non-interactive", args)
+
+        _, args, _ = self.parser.method_calls[1]
+        self.assertIn("JOB", args)

=== added file 'lava/tests/test_config.py'
--- lava/tests/test_config.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/tests/test_config.py	2013-07-26 08:10:16 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+lava.config unit tests.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from StringIO import StringIO
+from mock import (
+    MagicMock,
+    call,
+    patch,
+)
+
+from lava.config import (
+    Config,
+    InteractiveConfig,
+)
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.parameter import (
+    Parameter,
+    ListParameter,
+)
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+
+
+class ConfigTestCase(HelperTest):
+    """General test case class for the different Config classes."""
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(ConfigTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.param1 = Parameter("foo")
+        self.param2 = Parameter("bar", depends=self.param1)
+
+
+class ConfigTest(ConfigTestCase):
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.save")
+    def setUp(self, mocked_save):
+        super(ConfigTest, self).setUp()
+        self.config = Config()
+        self.config.config_file = self.temp_file.name
+
+    def test_assert_temp_config_file(self):
+        # Dummy test to make sure we are overriding correctly the Config class.
+        self.assertEqual(self.config.config_file, self.temp_file.name)
+
+    def test_config_put_in_cache_0(self):
+        self.config._put_in_cache("key", "value", "section")
+        self.assertEqual(self.config._cache["section"]["key"], "value")
+
+    def test_config_get_from_cache_0(self):
+        self.config._put_in_cache("key", "value", "section")
+        obtained = self.config._get_from_cache(Parameter("key"), "section")
+        self.assertEqual("value", obtained)
+
+    def test_config_get_from_cache_1(self):
+        self.config._put_in_cache("key", "value", "DEFAULT")
+        obtained = self.config._get_from_cache(Parameter("key"), "DEFAULT")
+        self.assertEqual("value", obtained)
+
+    def test_config_put_0(self):
+        # Puts a value in the DEFAULT section.
+        self.config._put_in_cache = MagicMock()
+        self.config.put("foo", "foo")
+        expected = "foo"
+        obtained = self.config._config_backend.get("DEFAULT", "foo")
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_config_put_1(self):
+        # Puts a value in a new section.
+        self.config._put_in_cache = MagicMock()
+        self.config.put("foo", "foo", "bar")
+        expected = "foo"
+        obtained = self.config._config_backend.get("bar", "foo")
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_config_put_parameter_0(self):
+        self.config._calculate_config_section = MagicMock(return_value="")
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, self.config.put_parameter, self.param1)
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.put")
+    def test_config_put_parameter_1(self, mocked_config_put):
+        self.config._calculate_config_section = MagicMock(
+            return_value="DEFAULT")
+
+        self.param1.value = "bar"
+        self.config.put_parameter(self.param1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(mocked_config_put.mock_calls,
+                         [call("foo", "bar", "DEFAULT")])
+
+    def test_config_get_0(self):
+        # Tests that with a non existing parameter, it returns None.
+        param = Parameter("baz")
+        self.config._get_from_cache = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+        self.config._calculate_config_section = MagicMock(
+            return_value="DEFAULT")
+
+        expected = None
+        obtained = self.config.get(param)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_config_get_1(self):
+        self.config.put_parameter(self.param1, "foo")
+        self.config._get_from_cache = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+        self.config._calculate_config_section = MagicMock(
+            return_value="DEFAULT")
+
+        expected = "foo"
+        obtained = self.config.get(self.param1)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_calculate_config_section_0(self):
+        expected = "DEFAULT"
+        obtained = self.config._calculate_config_section(self.param1)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_calculate_config_section_1(self):
+        self.config.put_parameter(self.param1, "foo")
+        expected = "foo=foo"
+        obtained = self.config._calculate_config_section(self.param2)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_config_save(self):
+        self.config.put_parameter(self.param1, "foo")
+        self.config.save()
+
+        expected = "[DEFAULT]\nfoo = foo\n\n"
+        obtained = ""
+        with open(self.temp_file.name) as tmp_file:
+            obtained = tmp_file.read()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_config_get_from_backend_public(self):
+        # Need to to this, since we want a clean Config instance, with
+        # a config_file with some content.
+        with open(self.config.config_file, "w") as write_config:
+            write_config.write("[DEFAULT]\nfoo=bar\n")
+        param = Parameter("foo")
+        obtained = self.config.get_from_backend(param)
+        self.assertEquals("bar", obtained)
+
+
+class InteractiveConfigTest(ConfigTestCase):
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.save")
+    def setUp(self, mocked_save):
+        super(InteractiveConfigTest, self).setUp()
+        self.config = InteractiveConfig()
+        self.config.config_file = self.temp_file.name
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.get", new=MagicMock(return_value=None))
+    def test_non_interactive_config_0(self):
+        # Try to get a value that does not exists, users just press enter when
+        # asked for a value. Value will be empty.
+        self.config.force_interactive = False
+        sys.stdin = StringIO("\n")
+        value = self.config.get(Parameter("foo"))
+        self.assertEqual("", value)
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.get", new=MagicMock(return_value="value"))
+    def test_non_interactive_config_1(self):
+        # Parent class config returns value, but we are not interactive.
+        self.config.force_interactive = False
+        value = self.config.get(Parameter("foo"))
+        self.assertEqual("value", value)
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.get", new=MagicMock(return_value=None))
+    def test_non_interactive_config_2(self):
+        self.config.force_interactive = False
+        expected = "bar"
+        sys.stdin = StringIO(expected)
+        value = self.config.get(Parameter("foo"))
+        self.assertEqual(expected, value)
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.get", new=MagicMock(return_value="value"))
+    def test_interactive_config_0(self):
+        # We force to be interactive, meaning that even if a value is found,
+        # it will be asked anyway.
+        self.config.force_interactive = True
+        expected = "a_new_value"
+        sys.stdin = StringIO(expected)
+        value = self.config.get(Parameter("foo"))
+        self.assertEqual(expected, value)
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.get", new=MagicMock(return_value="value"))
+    def test_interactive_config_1(self):
+        # Force to be interactive, but when asked for the new value press
+        # Enter. The old value should be returned.
+        self.config.force_interactive = True
+        sys.stdin = StringIO("\n")
+        value = self.config.get(Parameter("foo"))
+        self.assertEqual("value", value)
+
+    def test_calculate_config_section_0(self):
+        self.config.force_interactive = True
+        obtained = self.config._calculate_config_section(self.param1)
+        expected = "DEFAULT"
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_calculate_config_section_1(self):
+        self.param1.set("foo")
+        self.param2.depends.asked = True
+        self.config.force_interactive = True
+        obtained = self.config._calculate_config_section(self.param2)
+        expected = "foo=foo"
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_calculate_config_section_2(self):
+        self.config.force_interactive = True
+        self.config.config_backend.get = MagicMock(return_value=None)
+        sys.stdin = StringIO("baz")
+        expected = "foo=baz"
+        obtained = self.config._calculate_config_section(self.param2)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_calculate_config_section_3(self):
+        # Tests that when a parameter has its value in the cache and also on
+        # file, we honor the cached version.
+        self.param1.set("bar")
+        self.param2.depends.asked = True
+        self.config.force_interactive = True
+        expected = "foo=bar"
+        obtained = self.config._calculate_config_section(self.param2)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    @patch("lava.config.Config.get", new=MagicMock(return_value=None))
+    @patch("lava.parameter.sys.exit")
+    @patch("lava.parameter.raw_input", create=True)
+    def test_interactive_config_exit(self, mocked_raw, mocked_sys_exit):
+        self.config._calculate_config_section = MagicMock(
+            return_value="DEFAULT")
+
+        mocked_raw.side_effect = KeyboardInterrupt()
+
+        self.config.force_interactive = True
+        self.config.get(self.param1)
+        self.assertTrue(mocked_sys_exit.called)
+
+    @patch("lava.parameter.raw_input", create=True)
+    def test_interactive_config_with_list_parameter(self, mocked_raw_input):
+        # Tests that we get a list back in the Config class when using
+        # ListParameter and that it contains the expected values.
+        expected = ["foo", "bar"]
+        mocked_raw_input.side_effect = expected + ["\n"]
+        obtained = self.config.get(ListParameter("list"))
+        self.assertIsInstance(obtained, list)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_interactive_save_list_param(self):
+        # Tests that when saved to file, the ListParameter parameter is stored
+        # correctly.
+        param_values = ["foo", "more than one words", "bar"]
+        list_param = ListParameter("list")
+        list_param.set(param_values)
+
+        self.config.put_parameter(list_param, param_values)
+        self.config.save()
+
+        expected = "[DEFAULT]\nlist = " + ",".join(param_values) + "\n\n"
+        obtained = ""
+        with open(self.temp_file.name, "r") as read_file:
+            obtained = read_file.read()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)

=== added file 'lava/tests/test_parameter.py'
--- lava/tests/test_parameter.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava/tests/test_parameter.py	2013-07-26 08:16:30 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+lava.parameter unit tests.
+"""
+
+from mock import patch
+
+from lava.helper.tests.helper_test import HelperTest
+from lava.parameter import (
+    ListParameter,
+    Parameter,
+    SingleChoiceParameter,
+)
+from lava_tool.utils import to_list
+
+
+class GeneralParameterTest(HelperTest):
+    """General class with setUp and tearDown methods for Parameter tests."""
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(GeneralParameterTest, self).setUp()
+        # Patch class raw_input, start it, and stop it on tearDown.
+        self.patcher1 = patch("lava.parameter.raw_input", create=True)
+        self.mocked_raw_input = self.patcher1.start()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(GeneralParameterTest, self).tearDown()
+        self.patcher1.stop()
+
+
+class ParameterTest(GeneralParameterTest):
+    """Tests for the Parameter class."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(ParameterTest, self).setUp()
+        self.parameter1 = Parameter("foo", value="baz")
+
+    def test_prompt_0(self):
+        # Tests that when we have a value in the parameters and the user press
+        # Enter, we get the old value back.
+        self.mocked_raw_input.return_value = "\n"
+        obtained = self.parameter1.prompt()
+        self.assertEqual(self.parameter1.value, obtained)
+
+    def test_prompt_1(self,):
+        # Tests that with a value stored in the parameter, if and EOFError is
+        # raised when getting user input, we get back the old value.
+        self.mocked_raw_input.side_effect = EOFError()
+        obtained = self.parameter1.prompt()
+        self.assertEqual(self.parameter1.value, obtained)
+
+    def test_to_list_0(self):
+        value = "a_value"
+        expected = [value]
+        obtained = to_list(value)
+        self.assertIsInstance(obtained, list)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_to_list_1(self):
+        expected = ["a_value", "b_value"]
+        obtained = to_list(expected)
+        self.assertIsInstance(obtained, list)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+
+class ListParameterTest(GeneralParameterTest):
+
+    """Tests for the specialized ListParameter class."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(ListParameterTest, self).setUp()
+        self.list_parameter = ListParameter("list")
+
+    def test_prompt_0(self):
+        # Test that when pressing Enter, the prompt stops and the list is
+        # returned.
+        expected = []
+        self.mocked_raw_input.return_value = "\n"
+        obtained = self.list_parameter.prompt()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_prompt_1(self):
+        # Tests that when passing 3 values, a list with those values
+        # is returned
+        expected = ["foo", "bar", "foobar"]
+        self.mocked_raw_input.side_effect = expected + ["\n"]
+        obtained = self.list_parameter.prompt()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_serialize_0(self):
+        # Tests the serialize method of ListParameter passing a list.
+        expected = "foo,bar,baz,1"
+        to_serialize = ["foo", "bar", "baz", "", 1]
+
+        obtained = self.list_parameter.serialize(to_serialize)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_serialize_1(self):
+        # Tests the serialize method of ListParameter passing an int.
+        expected = "1"
+        to_serialize = 1
+
+        obtained = self.list_parameter.serialize(to_serialize)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_deserialize_0(self):
+        # Tests the deserialize method of ListParameter with a string
+        # of values.
+        expected = ["foo", "bar", "baz"]
+        to_deserialize = "foo,bar,,baz,"
+        obtained = self.list_parameter.deserialize(to_deserialize)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_deserialize_1(self):
+        # Tests the deserialization method of ListParameter passing a list.
+        expected = ["foo", 1, "", "bar"]
+        obtained = self.list_parameter.deserialize(expected)
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_set_value_0(self):
+        # Pass a string to a ListParameter, expect a list.
+        set_value = "foo"
+        expected = [set_value]
+        self.list_parameter.set(set_value)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, self.list_parameter.value)
+
+    def test_set_value_1(self):
+        # Pass a list to a ListParameter, expect the same list.
+        expected = ["foo", "bar"]
+        self.list_parameter.set(expected)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, self.list_parameter.value)
+
+    def test_add_value_0(self):
+        # Add a value to a ListParameter, expect a list back.
+        add_value = "foo"
+        expected = [add_value]
+        self.list_parameter.add(add_value)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, self.list_parameter.value)
+
+    def test_add_value_1(self):
+        # Add a list value to a ListParameter with already a value set, expect
+        # a list with both values.
+        # The ListParameter is initialized with a string.
+        add_value = ["foo"]
+        list_param = ListParameter("list", value="bar")
+        expected = ["bar", "foo"]
+        list_param.add(add_value)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, list_param.value)
+
+    def test_add_value_2(self):
+        # Add a list value to a ListParameter with already a value set, expect
+        # a list with both values.
+        # The ListParameter is initialized with a list.
+        add_value = ["foo"]
+        list_param = ListParameter("list", value=["bar", "baz"])
+        expected = ["bar", "baz", "foo"]
+        list_param.add(add_value)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, list_param.value)
+
+
+class TestsSingleChoiceParameter(GeneralParameterTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestsSingleChoiceParameter, self).setUp()
+        self.choices = ["foo", "bar", "baz", "bam"]
+        self.param_id = "single_choice"
+        self.single_choice_param = SingleChoiceParameter(self.param_id,
+                                                         self.choices)
+
+    def test_with_old_value(self):
+        # There is an old value for a single choice parameter, the user
+        # is prompted to select from the list of values, but she presses
+        # enter. The old value is returned.
+        old_value = "bat"
+        self.mocked_raw_input.side_effect = ["\n"]
+        obtained = self.single_choice_param.prompt("", old_value=old_value)
+        self.assertEquals(old_value, obtained)
+
+    def test_without_old_value(self):
+        # There is no old value, user just select the first choice.
+        self.mocked_raw_input.side_effect = ["1"]
+        obtained = self.single_choice_param.prompt("")
+        self.assertEquals("foo", obtained)
+
+    def test_with_wrong_user_input(self):
+        # No old value, user inserts at least two wrong choices, and the select
+        # the third one.
+        self.mocked_raw_input.side_effect = ["1000", "0", "3"]
+        obtained = self.single_choice_param.prompt("")
+        self.assertEquals("baz", obtained)

=== modified file 'lava_tool/tests/__init__.py'
--- lava_tool/tests/__init__.py	2013-05-27 20:51:39 +0000
+++ lava_tool/tests/__init__.py	2013-07-26 08:45:05 +0000
@@ -26,22 +26,34 @@ 
 
 def app_modules():
     return [
-            'lava_tool.commands',
-            'lava_tool.dispatcher',
-            'lava_tool.interface',
-            'lava_dashboard_tool.commands',
-            ]
+        'lava_tool.commands',
+        'lava_tool.dispatcher',
+        'lava_tool.interface',
+        'lava_dashboard_tool.commands',
+    ]
 
 
 def test_modules():
     return [
-            'lava_tool.tests.test_authtoken',
-            'lava_tool.tests.test_auth_commands',
-            'lava_tool.tests.test_commands',
-            'lava_dashboard_tool.tests.test_commands',
-            'lava.job.tests.test_job',
-            'lava.job.tests.test_commands',
-            ]
+        'lava.device.tests.test_commands',
+        'lava.device.tests.test_device',
+        'lava.helper.tests.test_command',
+        'lava.helper.tests.test_dispatcher',
+        'lava.helper.tests.test_template',
+        'lava.job.tests.test_commands',
+        'lava.job.tests.test_job',
+        'lava.script.tests.test_commands',
+        'lava.script.tests.test_script',
+        'lava.testdef.tests.test_commands',
+        'lava.tests.test_commands',
+        'lava.tests.test_config',
+        'lava.tests.test_parameter',
+        'lava_dashboard_tool.tests.test_commands',
+        'lava_tool.tests.test_auth_commands',
+        'lava_tool.tests.test_authtoken',
+        'lava_tool.tests.test_commands',
+        'lava_tool.tests.test_utils',
+    ]
 
 
 def test_suite():
@@ -52,6 +64,7 @@ 
     modules = app_modules() + test_modules()
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
     loader = unittest.TestLoader()
+
     for name in modules:
         unit_suite = loader.loadTestsFromName(name)
         suite.addTests(unit_suite)

=== modified file 'lava_tool/tests/test_authtoken.py'
--- lava_tool/tests/test_authtoken.py	2013-05-22 13:45:44 +0000
+++ lava_tool/tests/test_authtoken.py	2013-06-06 16:38:03 +0000
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ 
 import StringIO
 from unittest import TestCase
 import urlparse
-import sys
 import xmlrpclib
 
 from mocker import ARGS, KWARGS, Mocker

=== added file 'lava_tool/tests/test_utils.py'
--- lava_tool/tests/test_utils.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava_tool/tests/test_utils.py	2013-07-26 09:30:11 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""lava_tool.utils tests."""
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+from unittest import TestCase
+from mock import (
+    MagicMock,
+    call,
+    patch,
+)
+
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+from lava_tool.utils import (
+    can_edit_file,
+    create_dir,
+    edit_file,
+    execute,
+    has_command,
+    retrieve_file,
+    verify_and_create_url,
+    verify_file_extension,
+)
+
+
+class UtilTests(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.original_stdout = sys.stdout
+        sys.stdout = open("/dev/null", "w")
+        self.original_stderr = sys.stderr
+        sys.stderr = open("/dev/null", "w")
+        self.original_stdin = sys.stdin
+        self.temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        sys.stdin = self.original_stdin
+        sys.stdout = self.original_stdout
+        sys.stderr = self.original_stderr
+        os.unlink(self.temp_file.name)
+
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.subprocess.check_call")
+    def test_has_command_0(self, mocked_check_call):
+        # Make sure we raise an exception when the subprocess is called.
+        mocked_check_call.side_effect = subprocess.CalledProcessError(0, "")
+        self.assertFalse(has_command(""))
+
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.subprocess.check_call")
+    def test_has_command_1(self, mocked_check_call):
+        # Check that a "command" exists. The call to subprocess is mocked.
+        mocked_check_call.return_value = 0
+        self.assertTrue(has_command(""))
+
+    def test_verify_file_extension_with_extension(self):
+        extension = ".test"
+        supported = [extension[1:]]
+        try:
+            temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=extension,
+                                                    delete=False)
+            obtained = verify_file_extension(
+                temp_file.name, extension[1:], supported)
+            self.assertEquals(temp_file.name, obtained)
+        finally:
+            if os.path.isfile(temp_file.name):
+                os.unlink(temp_file.name)
+
+    def test_verify_file_extension_without_extension(self):
+        extension = "json"
+        supported = [extension]
+        expected = "/tmp/a_fake.json"
+        obtained = verify_file_extension("/tmp/a_fake", extension, supported)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_verify_file_extension_with_unsupported_extension(self):
+        extension = "json"
+        supported = [extension]
+        expected = "/tmp/a_fake.json"
+        obtained = verify_file_extension(
+            "/tmp/a_fake.extension", extension, supported)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    @patch("os.listdir")
+    def test_retrieve_job_file_0(self, mocked_os_listdir):
+        # Make sure that exception is raised if we go through all the elements
+        # returned by os.listdir().
+        mocked_os_listdir.return_value = ["a_file"]
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, retrieve_file,
+                          "a_path", ["ext"])
+
+    @patch("os.listdir")
+    def test_retrieve_job_file_1(self, mocked_os_listdir):
+        # Pass some files and directories to retrieve_file(), and make
+        # sure a file with .json suffix is returned.
+        # Pass also a hidden file.
+        try:
+            json_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".json")
+            json_file_name = os.path.basename(json_file.name)
+
+            file_name_no_suffix = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+            file_name_with_suffix = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+                suffix=".bork", delete=False)
+
+            temp_dir_name = "submit_command_test_tmp_dir"
+            temp_dir_path = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), temp_dir_name)
+            os.makedirs(temp_dir_path)
+
+            hidden_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+                prefix=".tmp", delete=False)
+
+            mocked_os_listdir.return_value = [
+                temp_dir_name, file_name_no_suffix.name,
+                file_name_with_suffix.name, json_file_name, hidden_file.name]
+
+            obtained = retrieve_file(tempfile.gettempdir(), ["json"])
+            self.assertEqual(json_file.name, obtained)
+        finally:
+            os.removedirs(temp_dir_path)
+            os.unlink(file_name_no_suffix.name)
+            os.unlink(file_name_with_suffix.name)
+            os.unlink(hidden_file.name)
+
+    def test_retrieve_job_file_2(self):
+        # Pass a file with the valid extension.
+        temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".json")
+        obtained = retrieve_file(temp_file.name, ["json"])
+        self.assertEquals(temp_file.name, obtained)
+
+    def test_retrieve_job_file_3(self):
+        # Pass a file with a non-valid extension.
+        temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".bork")
+        self.assertRaises(
+            CommandError, retrieve_file, temp_file.name, ["json"])
+
+    @patch("os.listdir")
+    def test_retrieve_job_file_4(self, mocked_os_listdir):
+        # Pass hidden and wrong files and make sure exception is thrown.
+        a_hidden_file = ".a_hidden.json"
+        b_hidden_file = ".b_hidden.json"
+        c_wrong_file = "a_wrong_file.bork"
+
+        mocked_os_listdir.return_value = [a_hidden_file, b_hidden_file, c_wrong_file]
+        self.assertRaises(
+            CommandError, retrieve_file, tempfile.gettempdir(), ["json"])
+
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.subprocess")
+    def test_execute_0(self, mocked_subprocess):
+        mocked_subprocess.check_call = MagicMock()
+        execute("foo")
+        self.assertEqual(mocked_subprocess.check_call.call_args_list,
+                         [call(["foo"])])
+        self.assertTrue(mocked_subprocess.check_call.called)
+
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.subprocess.check_call")
+    def test_execute_1(self, mocked_check_call):
+        mocked_check_call.side_effect = subprocess.CalledProcessError(1, "foo")
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, execute, ["foo"])
+
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.subprocess")
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.has_command", return_value=False)
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.os.environ.get", return_value=None)
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.sys.exit")
+    def test_edit_file_0(self, mocked_sys_exit, mocked_env_get,
+                         mocked_has_command, mocked_subprocess):
+        edit_file(self.temp_file.name)
+        self.assertTrue(mocked_sys_exit.called)
+
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.subprocess")
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.has_command", side_effect=[True, False])
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.os.environ.get", return_value=None)
+    def test_edit_file_1(self, mocked_env_get, mocked_has_command,
+                         mocked_subprocess):
+        mocked_subprocess.Popen = MagicMock()
+        edit_file(self.temp_file.name)
+        expected = [call(["sensible-editor", self.temp_file.name])]
+        self.assertEqual(expected, mocked_subprocess.Popen.call_args_list)
+
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.subprocess")
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.has_command", side_effect=[False, True])
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.os.environ.get", return_value=None)
+    def test_edit_file_2(self, mocked_env_get, mocked_has_command,
+                         mocked_subprocess):
+        mocked_subprocess.Popen = MagicMock()
+        edit_file(self.temp_file.name)
+        expected = [call(["xdg-open", self.temp_file.name])]
+        self.assertEqual(expected, mocked_subprocess.Popen.call_args_list)
+
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.subprocess")
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.has_command", return_value=False)
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.os.environ.get", return_value="vim")
+    def test_edit_file_3(self, mocked_env_get, mocked_has_command,
+                         mocked_subprocess):
+        mocked_subprocess.Popen = MagicMock()
+        edit_file(self.temp_file.name)
+        expected = [call(["vim", self.temp_file.name])]
+        self.assertEqual(expected, mocked_subprocess.Popen.call_args_list)
+
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.subprocess")
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.has_command", return_value=False)
+    @patch("lava_tool.utils.os.environ.get", return_value="vim")
+    def test_edit_file_4(self, mocked_env_get, mocked_has_command,
+                         mocked_subprocess):
+        mocked_subprocess.Popen = MagicMock()
+        mocked_subprocess.Popen.side_effect = Exception()
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, edit_file, self.temp_file.name)
+
+    def test_can_edit_file(self):
+        # Tests the can_edit_file method of the config command.
+        # This is to make sure the device config file is not erased when
+        # checking if it is possible to open it.
+        expected = ("hostname = a_fake_panda02\nconnection_command = \n"
+                    "device_type = panda\n")
+
+        with open(self.temp_file.name, "w") as f:
+            f.write(expected)
+
+        self.assertTrue(can_edit_file(self.temp_file.name))
+        obtained = ""
+        with open(self.temp_file.name) as f:
+            obtained = f.read()
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_verify_and_create_url_0(self):
+        expected = "https://www.example.org/"
+        obtained = verify_and_create_url("www.example.org", "")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_verify_and_create_url_1(self):
+        expected = "http://www.example.org/"
+        obtained = verify_and_create_url("http://www.example.org")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_verify_and_create_url_2(self):
+        expected = "http://www.example.org/RPC/"
+        obtained = verify_and_create_url("http://www.example.org", "RPC")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_verify_and_create_url_3(self):
+        expected = "https://www.example.org/RPC/"
+        obtained = verify_and_create_url("www.example.org/", "/RPC/")
+        self.assertEquals(expected, obtained)
+
+    def test_create_dir_0(self):
+        try:
+            temp_dir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "a_dir")
+            create_dir(temp_dir)
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(temp_dir))
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(temp_dir)
+
+    def test_create_dir_1(self):
+        try:
+            temp_dir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "a_dir")
+            create_dir(temp_dir, "subdir")
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(os.path.join(temp_dir, "subdir")))
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(temp_dir)
+
+    def test_create_dir_2(self):
+        temp_dir = os.path.join("/", "a_temp_dir")
+        self.assertRaises(CommandError, create_dir, temp_dir)

=== added file 'lava_tool/utils.py'
--- lava_tool/utils.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ lava_tool/utils.py	2013-07-26 14:12:33 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@ 
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Linaro Limited
+#
+# Author: Milo Casagrande <milo.casagrande@linaro.org>
+#
+# This file is part of lava-tool.
+#
+# lava-tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation
+#
+# lava-tool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with lava-tool.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import StringIO
+import base64
+import os
+import tarfile
+import tempfile
+import types
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import urlparse
+
+from lava.tool.errors import CommandError
+
+
+def has_command(command):
+    """Checks that the given command is available.
+
+    :param command: The name of the command to check availability.
+    """
+    command_available = True
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_call(["which", command],
+                              stdout=open(os.path.devnull, 'w'))
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        command_available = False
+    return command_available
+
+
+def to_list(value):
+    """Return a list from the passed value.
+
+    :param value: The parameter to turn into a list.
+    """
+    return_value = []
+    if isinstance(value, types.StringType):
+        return_value = [value]
+    else:
+        return_value = list(value)
+    return return_value
+
+
+def create_tar(paths):
+    """Creates a temporary tar file with the provided paths.
+
+    The tar file is not deleted at the end, it has to be delete by who calls
+    this function.
+
+    If just a directory is passed, it will be flattened out: its contents will
+    be added, but not the directory itself.
+
+    :param paths: List of paths to be included in the tar archive.
+    :type list
+    :return The path to the temporary tar file.
+    """
+    paths = to_list(paths)
+    try:
+        temp_tar_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".tar",
+                                                    delete=False)
+        with tarfile.open(temp_tar_file.name, "w") as tar_file:
+            for path in paths:
+                full_path = os.path.abspath(path)
+                if os.path.isfile(full_path):
+                    arcname = os.path.basename(full_path)
+                    tar_file.add(full_path, arcname=arcname)
+                elif os.path.isdir(full_path):
+                    # If we pass a directory, flatten it out.
+                    # List its contents, and add them as they are.
+                    for element in os.listdir(full_path):
+                        arcname = element
+                        tar_file.add(os.path.join(full_path, element),
+                                     arcname=arcname)
+        return temp_tar_file.name
+    except tarfile.TarError:
+        raise CommandError("Error creating the temporary tar archive.")
+
+
+def base64_encode(path):
+    """Encode in base64 the provided file.
+
+    :param path: The path to a file.
+    :return The file content encoded in base64.
+    """
+    if os.path.isfile(path):
+        encoded_content = StringIO.StringIO()
+
+        try:
+            with open(path) as read_file:
+                base64.encode(read_file, encoded_content)
+
+            return encoded_content.getvalue().strip()
+        except IOError:
+            raise CommandError("Cannot read file "
+                               "'{0}'.".format(path))
+    else:
+        raise CommandError("Provided path does not exists or is not a file: "
+                           "{0}.".format(path))
+
+
+def retrieve_file(path, extensions):
+    """Searches for a file that has one of the supported extensions.
+
+    The path of the first file that matches one of the supported provided
+    extensions will be returned. The files are examined in alphabetical
+    order.
+
+    :param path: Where to look for the file.
+    :param extensions: A list of extensions the file to look for should
+                       have.
+    :return The full path of the file.
+    """
+    if os.path.isfile(path):
+        if check_valid_extension(path, extensions):
+            retrieved_path = path
+        else:
+            raise CommandError("The provided file '{0}' is not "
+                               "valid: extension not supported.".format(path))
+    else:
+        dir_listing = os.listdir(path)
+        dir_listing.sort()
+
+        for element in dir_listing:
+            if element.startswith("."):
+                continue
+
+            element_path = os.path.join(path, element)
+            if os.path.isdir(element_path):
+                continue
+            elif os.path.isfile(element_path):
+                if check_valid_extension(element_path, extensions):
+                    retrieved_path = element_path
+                    break
+        else:
+            raise CommandError("No suitable file found in '{0}'".format(path))
+
+    return retrieved_path
+
+
+def check_valid_extension(path, extensions):
+    """Checks that a file has one of the supported extensions.
+
+    :param path: The file to check.
+    :param extensions: A list of supported extensions.
+    """
+    is_valid = False
+
+    local_path, file_name = os.path.split(path)
+    name, full_extension = os.path.splitext(file_name)
+
+    if full_extension:
+        extension = full_extension[1:].strip().lower()
+        if extension in extensions:
+            is_valid = True
+    return is_valid
+
+
+def verify_file_extension(path, default, supported):
+    """Verifies if a file has a supported extensions.
+
+    If the file does not have one, it will add the default extension
+    provided.
+
+    :param path: The path of a file to verify.
+    :param default: The default extension to use.
+    :param supported: A list of supported extensions to check against.
+    :return The path of the file.
+    """
+    full_path, file_name = os.path.split(path)
+    name, extension = os.path.splitext(file_name)
+    if not extension:
+        path = ".".join([path, default])
+    elif extension[1:].lower() not in supported:
+        path = os.path.join(full_path, ".".join([name, default]))
+    return path
+
+
+def verify_path_existance(path):
+    """Verifies if a given path exists on the file system.
+
+    Raises a CommandError in case it exists.
+
+    :param path: The path to verify.
+    """
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        raise CommandError("{0} already exists.".format(path))
+
+
+def verify_path_non_existance(path):
+    """Verifies if a given path does not exist on the file system.
+
+    Raises a CommandError in case it does not exist.
+
+    :param path: The path to verify.
+    """
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        raise CommandError("{0} does not exists.".format(path))
+
+
+def write_file(path, content):
+    """Creates a file with the specified content.
+
+    :param path: The path of the file to write.
+    :param content: What to write in the file.
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(path, "w") as to_write:
+            to_write.write(content)
+    except (OSError, IOError):
+        raise CommandError("Error writing file '{0}'".format(path))
+
+
+def execute(cmd_args):
+    """Executes the supplied command args.
+
+    :param cmd_args: The command, and its optional arguments, to run.
+    :return The command execution return code.
+    """
+    cmd_args = to_list(cmd_args)
+    try:
+        return subprocess.check_call(cmd_args)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        raise CommandError("Error running the following command: "
+                           "{0}".format(" ".join(cmd_args)))
+
+
+def can_edit_file(path):
+    """Checks if a file can be opend in write mode.
+
+    :param path: The path to the file.
+    :return True if it is possible to write on the file, False otherwise.
+    """
+    can_edit = True
+    try:
+        fp = open(path, "a")
+        fp.close()
+    except IOError:
+        can_edit = False
+    return can_edit
+
+
+def edit_file(file_to_edit):
+    """Opens the specified file with the default file editor.
+
+    :param file_to_edit: The file to edit.
+    """
+    editor = os.environ.get("EDITOR", None)
+    if editor is None:
+        if has_command("sensible-editor"):
+            editor = "sensible-editor"
+        elif has_command("xdg-open"):
+            editor = "xdg-open"
+        else:
+            # We really do not know how to open a file.
+            print >> sys.stdout, ("Cannot find an editor to open the "
+                                  "file '{0}'.".format(file_to_edit))
+            print >> sys.stdout, ("Either set the 'EDITOR' environment "
+                                  "variable, or install 'sensible-editor' "
+                                  "or 'xdg-open'.")
+            sys.exit(-1)
+    try:
+        subprocess.Popen([editor, file_to_edit]).wait()
+    except Exception:
+        raise CommandError("Error opening the file '{0}' with the "
+                           "following editor: {1}.".format(file_to_edit,
+                                                           editor))
+
+
+def verify_and_create_url(server, endpoint=""):
+    """Checks that the provided values make a correct URL.
+
+    If the server address does not contain a scheme, by default it will use
+    HTTPS.
+    The endpoint is then added at the URL.
+
+    :param server: A server URL to verify.
+    :return A URL.
+    """
+    scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment = \
+        urlparse.urlparse(server)
+    if not scheme:
+        scheme = "https"
+    if not netloc:
+        netloc, path = path, ""
+
+    if not netloc[-1:] == "/":
+        netloc += "/"
+
+    if endpoint:
+        if endpoint[0] == "/":
+            endpoint = endpoint[1:]
+        if not endpoint[-1:] == "/":
+            endpoint += "/"
+        netloc += endpoint
+
+    return urlparse.urlunparse(
+        (scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment))
+
+
+def create_dir(path, dir_name=None):
+    """Checks if a directory does not exists, and creates it.
+
+    :param path: The path where the directory should be created.
+    :param dir_name: An optional name for a directory to be created at
+                     path (dir_name will be joined with path).
+    :return The path of the created directory."""
+    created_dir = path
+    if dir_name:
+        created_dir = os.path.join(path, dir_name)
+
+    if not os.path.isdir(created_dir):
+        try:
+            os.makedirs(created_dir)
+        except OSError:
+            raise CommandError("Cannot create directory "
+                               "'{0}'.".format(created_dir))
+    return created_dir

=== modified file 'setup.py'
--- setup.py	2013-05-17 19:21:51 +0000
+++ setup.py	2013-07-17 14:30:42 +0000
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ 
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Testing",
     ],
     install_requires=[
+        'PyYAML >= 3.10',
         'argparse >= 1.1',
         'argcomplete >= 0.3',
         'keyring',
@@ -53,5 +54,8 @@ 
         'versiontools >= 1.3.1'
     ],
     setup_requires=['versiontools >= 1.3.1'],
-    tests_require=['mocker >= 1.0'],
+    tests_require=[
+        'mocker >= 1.0',
+        'mock >= 0.7.2'
+    ],
     zip_safe=True)