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-<?php
-/**
- * Moodle - Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
- *         http://moodle.com
- *
- * LICENSE
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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:
- *
- *         http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
- *
- * @category  Moodle
- * @package   user
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 1999 onwards Martin Dougiamas     http://dougiamas.com
- * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html     GNU GPL License
- */
-
-/**
- * Unit tests for (some of) user/external.php.
- * WARNING: DO NOT RUN THIS TEST ON A PRODUCTION SITE
- * => DO NOT UNCOMMENT THESE TEST FUNCTIONS EXCEPT IF YOU ARE DEVELOPER
- * => NONE OF THESE TEST FUNCTIONS SHOULD BE UNCOMMENT BY DEFAULT
- * => THESE TEST FUNCTIONS ARE DEPENDENT BETWEEEN EACH OTHER
- * => THE FUNCTION ORDER MUST NOT BE CHANGED
- *
- *
- * THIS TEST NEEDS TO BE RUN AS ADMIN!!!
- * @author Jerome Mouneyrac
- */
-
-require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/user/external.php');
-
-class user_external_test extends UnitTestCase {
-    var $realDB;
-
-    function setUp() {
-
-    }
-
-    function tearDown() {
-
-    }
-/*
-    function test_create_users() {
-        /// test that we create multiple users
-        $params = array();
-        for ($i=0;$i<2;$i=$i+1) {
-            $user = array();
-            $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortesting'.$i;
-            $user['firstname'] = 'mockuserfortesting'.$i.'_firstname';
-            $user['lastname'] = 'mockuserfortesting'.$i.'_lastname';
-            $user['email'] = 'mockuserfortesting'.$i.'@moodle.com';
-            $user['password'] = 'mockuserfortesting'.$i.'_password';
-            $params[] = $user;
-        }
-        $result = user_external::create_users($params);
-        $this->assertEqual(sizeof($result), 2);
-        //just test that value are integer and not null
-        $this->assertIsA($result[key($result)], "integer");
-        $this->assertNotNull($result[key($result)]);
-
-        /// test that we create one user with all optional fields
-        $params = array();
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortestingXX';
-        $user['firstname'] = 'mockuserfortesting_firstname';
-        $user['lastname'] = 'mockuserfortesting_lastname';
-        $user['email'] = 'mockuserfortesting@moodle.com';
-        $user['password'] = 'mockuserfortesting_password';
-        $user['city'] = 'mockuserfortesting_city';
-        $user['description'] = 'mockuserfortesting description';
-        $user['country'] = 'AU';
-        $user['lang']='en_utf8';
-        $user['auth']='manual';
-        $params[] = $user;
-        $result = user_external::create_users($params);
-        $this->assertEqual($result, true);
-
-
-        /// test we cannot create a user with some missing mandatory field
-        $params = array();
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortestingY';
-        $params[] = $user;
-        $this->expectException(new moodle_exception('missingrequiredfield'));
-        $result = user_external::create_users($params);
-
-    }
-
-    function test_create_users_2() {
-        /// test we cannot create a user because the username already exist
-        $params = array();
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortestingXX';
-        $user['firstname'] = 'mockuserfortestingX_firstname';
-        $user['lastname'] = 'mockuserfortestingX_lastname';
-        $user['email'] = 'mockuserfortestingX@moodle.com';
-        $user['password'] = 'mockuserfortestingX_password';
-        $params[] = $user;
-
-        $this->expectException(new moodle_exception('wscouldnotcreateeuserindb'));
-        $result = user_external::create_users($params);
-    }
-
-    function test_get_users() {
-        $params = array('search' => 'mockuserfortestingXX');
-
-        $users = user_external::get_users($params);
-       
-        foreach ($users as $user) {
-            $this->assertEqual($user->username, 'mockuserfortestingXX');
-            $this->assertEqual($user->firstname, 'mockuserfortesting_firstname');
-            $this->assertEqual($user->lastname, 'mockuserfortesting_lastname');
-            $this->assertEqual($user->email, 'mockuserfortesting@moodle.com');
-            //  $this->assertEqual($user->password, 'mockuserfortesting_password');
-            $this->assertEqual($user->city, 'mockuserfortesting_c');
-            $this->assertEqual($user->description, 'mockuserfortesting description');
-            $this->assertEqual($user->country, 'AU');
-            $this->assertEqual($user->lang, 'en_utf8');
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    function test_update_users() {
-        /// update several users with full information
-        $params = array();
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortestingXX';
-        $user['newusername'] = 'mockuserfortestingXY';
-        $user['firstname'] = 'mockuserfortestingY_firstname';
-        $user['lastname'] = 'mockuserfortestingY_lastname';
-        $user['email'] = 'mockuserfortestingY@moodle.com';
-        $user['password'] = 'mockuserfortestingY_password';
-        $user['city'] = 'mockuserfortestingY_city';
-        $user['description'] = 'mockuserfortestingY description';
-        $user['country'] = 'AU';
-        $user['lang']='en_utf8';
-        $user['auth']='manual';
-        $params[] = $user;
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortesting0';
-        $user['newusername'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y';
-        $user['firstname'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y_firstname';
-        $user['lastname'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y_lastname';
-        $user['email'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y@moodle.com';
-        $user['password'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y_password';
-        $user['city'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y_city';
-        $user['description'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y description';
-        $user['country'] = 'AU';
-        $user['lang']='en_utf8';
-        $user['auth']='manual';
-        $params[] = $user;
-        $result = user_external::update_users($params);
-        $this->assertEqual($result, true);
-
-        /// Exception: update non existing user
-        $params = array();
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortesting000';
-        $user['newusername'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y';
-        $params[] = $user;
-        $this->expectException(new moodle_exception('wscouldnotupdatenoexistinguser')); //TODO catch the write exception
-        $result = user_external::update_users($params);
-    }
-
-    function test_update_users_2() {
-        /// update an existing user with an already existing username
-        $params = array();
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y';
-        $user['newusername'] = 'mockuserfortestingXY';
-        $params[] = $user;
- 
-        $this->expectException(new moodle_exception('wscouldnotupdateuserindb')); 
-        $result = user_external::update_users($params);
-    }
-
-    function test_delete_users() {
-        /// we delete all previously created users
-        $params = array();
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortestingXY';
-        $params[] = $user;
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortesting0Y';
-        $params[] = $user;
-        $user = array();
-        $user['username'] = 'mockuserfortesting1';
-        $params[] = $user;
-        $result = user_external::delete_users($params);
-        $this->assertEqual($result, true);
-
-        /// try to delete them a new time, should return exception
-        $this->expectException(new moodle_exception('wscouldnotdeletenoexistinguser')); 
-        $result = user_external::delete_users($params);
-    }
-*/
-}
-?>
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