Add multiple specs at once and test. Closes #16

configspec/specification.py

@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ class DictSpec(_ValueSpecification):
         self.spec_dict[name] = newspec
         return newspec
 
+    def add_specs(self, spec_list):
+        """
+        Convenience method to pass a series of specifications to 'add_spec()'
+
+        Args:
+            spec_list: A list of tuples, where each tuple contains a `name` and `newspec` value,
+                to be passed in the same form as a call to `add_spec`
+        """
+        for spec in spec_list:
+            self.add_spec(*spec)
+
     def validate(self, value_dict):
         """
         Checks the supplied value to confirm that it complies with this specification.

tests/test_configspec.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
 from copy import deepcopy
 import pytest
+import preserve
 import configspec
 
 
@@ -63,6 +64,38 @@ def example_values():
     return vals
 
 
+def test_addspec(example_spec):
+    confspec = configspec.ConfigSpecification()
+    confspec.add_specs([
+        ("bool_a", configspec.BoolSpec(False, False, "Bool A")),
+        ("boollist_a", configspec.BoolListSpec(False, False, "Bool A")),
+        ("int_a", configspec.IntSpec(0, -4, 4, False, "Int A")),
+        ("intlist_a", configspec.IntListSpec(0, -4, 4, False, "Int A")),
+        ("string_a", configspec.StringSpec("ThisIsAString", 4, 15, False, "String A")),
+        ("stringlist_a", configspec.StringListSpec("ThisIsAString", 4, 15, False, "String A"))
+    ])
+
+    confdictspec = confspec.add_spec("dict_a", configspec.DictSpec(None, False, "Dict A"))
+
+    confdictspec.add_specs([
+        ("bool_b", configspec.BoolSpec(False, False, "Bool B")),
+        ("int_b", configspec.IntSpec(0, -4, 4, False, "Int B")),
+        ("string_b", configspec.StringSpec("ThisIsAString", 4, 15, False, "String B"))
+    ])
+
+    confdictlist = confspec.add_spec("dictlist_a",
+                                     configspec.DictListSpec(None, False, "List of Dicts B"))
+
+    confdictlist.add_specs([
+        ("bool_c", configspec.BoolSpec(False, False, "Bool C")),
+        ("int_c", configspec.IntSpec(0, -4, 4, False, "Int C")),
+        ("string_c", configspec.StringSpec("ThisIsAString", 4, 15, False, "String C"))
+    ])
+
+    # Preserve to be able to directly compare resulting confspec structure
+    assert preserve.preserve(example_spec) == preserve.preserve(confspec)
+
+
 def test_config_validate(example_spec, example_values):
     spec = example_spec
     spec.validate(example_values)