From 8bab283540826e07afc1465189eb4c03e744a696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cerberus <matt.dietz@rackspace.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 17:49:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added test skipper class

---
 nova/test.py            | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 nova/tests/test_virt.py |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nova/test.py b/nova/test.py
index 4deb2a175..106a4c12d 100644
--- a/nova/test.py
+++ b/nova/test.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import uuid
 import unittest
 
 import mox
+import nose.plugins.skip
 import shutil
 import stubout
 from eventlet import greenthread
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ from nova import context
 from nova import db
 from nova import fakerabbit
 from nova import flags
+from nova import log
 from nova import rpc
 from nova import service
 from nova import wsgi
@@ -50,6 +52,20 @@ flags.DEFINE_string('sqlite_clean_db', 'clean.sqlite',
 flags.DEFINE_bool('fake_tests', True,
                   'should we use everything for testing')
 
+LOG = log.getLogger('nova.tests')
+
+class skip_test(object):
+    """Decorator that skips a test"""
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        self.message = msg
+    
+    def __call__(self, func):
+        def _skipper(*args, **kw):
+            """Wrapped skipper function."""
+            raise nose.SkipTest(self.message)
+        _skipper.__name__ = func.__name__
+        _skipper.__doc__ = func.__doc__
+        return _skipper
 
 def skip_if_fake(func):
     """Decorator that skips a test if running in fake mode."""
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_virt.py b/nova/tests/test_virt.py
index 91c530f12..8f6c2af1a 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_virt.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_virt.py
@@ -879,6 +879,8 @@ class IptablesFirewallTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(ipv6_network_rules,
                           ipv6_rules_per_network * networks_count)
 
+
+    @test.skip_test("skipping libvirt tests")
     def test_do_refresh_security_group_rules(self):
         instance_ref = self._create_instance_ref()
         self.mox.StubOutWithMock(self.fw,