Initial stab at a metaclass test generator

The eventual model here will be that a single yaml file represents
a TestClass with a series of tests.

Some investigation will need to be done to insure that ordering and
related issues are handled effectively. It may be that we need just
one test with lots of assertions...

.testr.conf

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [DEFAULT]
-test_command=${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover gabbi/test $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
+test_command=${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover gabbi $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
 test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
 test_list_option=--list

gabbi/test_test.py

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2014 Red Hat. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Author: Chris Dent <chdent@redhat.com>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import unittest
+
+
+def build_test_method(request, response):
+    def test(self):
+        self.http_test(request, response)
+    return test
+
+class Builder(type):
+
+    def __new__(cls, name, bases, d):
+
+        data_file = d['data_file']
+        for p1, p2 in [(1, 2), (2, 2)]:
+            d['test_%s_%s' % (data_file, p1)] = build_test_method(p1, p2)
+
+        return type.__new__(cls, name, bases, d)
+
+
+class HTTPTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        print 'setup called', cls.data_file
+
+    def http_test(self, request, response):
+        self.assertEqual(request, response)
+
+
+def load_tests(loader, tests, pattern):
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+
+    for name in ['CowTest', 'PigTest']:
+        klass = Builder(name, (HTTPTestCase,), {'data_file': name.lower()})
+        tests = loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(klass)
+        suite.addTests(tests)
+
+    return suite

tox.ini

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:py27]
 deps = {[testenv]deps}
-    doc8
+#    doc8
 commands = python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args="{posargs}"
-    doc8 doc/source
+#    doc8 doc/source
 
 [testenv:py33]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements-py3.txt