disable logging output while unit tests are run

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/CoverageTestRunner.py b/CoverageTestRunner.py
index 04cd791..0917611 100644
--- a/CoverageTestRunner.py
+++ b/CoverageTestRunner.py
@@ -20,9 +20,19 @@ import os
 import imp
 import sys
 import time
+import logging
 
 
-__version__ = '1.7.1'
+__version__ = '1.8'
+
+
+
+class AllowNothing(logging.Filter):
+
+    '''A logging library filter that disables everything.'''
+    
+    def filter(self, record):
+        return False
 
 
 class CoverageTestResult(unittest.TestResult):
@@ -89,7 +99,8 @@ class CoverageTestRunner:
         self._module_pairs = []
         self._missing_test_modules = []
         self._excluded_modules = []
-        
+        self.allow_nothing = AllowNothing()
+
     def add_pair(self, module_pathname, test_module_pathname):
         """Add a module and its test module to list of tests."""
         self._module_pairs.append((module_pathname, test_module_pathname))
@@ -165,6 +176,14 @@ class CoverageTestRunner:
             print "%s: %s" % (flavor, str(test))
             print str(error)
 
+    def enable_logging(self):
+        logger = logging.getLogger()
+        logger.removeFilter(self.allow_nothing)
+
+    def disable_logging(self):
+        logger = logging.getLogger()
+        logger.addFilter(self.allow_nothing)
+
     def run(self):
         start_time = time.time()
         
@@ -183,7 +202,9 @@ class CoverageTestRunner:
             sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(module.__file__))
             reload(module)
             del sys.path[0]
+            self.disable_logging()
             suite.run(result)
+            self.enable_logging()
             coverage.stop()
             filename, stmts, excluded, missed, missed_desc = \
                 coverage.analysis2(module)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e867995..2d8d2e1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 NEWS about CoverageTestRunner
 =============================
 
-Version 1.8, released UNRELEASED
+Version 1.8, released 2012-01-19
 --------------------------------
 
 * Progress reporting is now disabled when output does not go to a terminal.
   This will make build logs prettier.
+* `logging` output is now disabled when unit tests are run. This means that
+  individual projects no longer need to hide the output themselves.
 
 Version 1.7.1, released 2011-09-04
 --------------------------------
diff --git a/subdir/foo.py b/subdir/foo.py
index 711ab4d..51a5dde 100644
--- a/subdir/foo.py
+++ b/subdir/foo.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import logging
+
 class Foo:
 
     def foo(self, a):
+        logging.error('this should not be displayed when testrun runs')
         if a:
             return True
         elif False: # pragma: no cover