"""
Copyright 2013 Steven Diamond

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.
"""

# Base class for unit tests.
import unittest
import numpy as np


class BaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
    # AssertAlmostEqual for lists.
    def assertItemsAlmostEqual(self, a, b, places=5):
        if np.isscalar(a):
            a = [a]
        else:
            a = self.mat_to_list(a)
        if np.isscalar(b):
            b = [b]
        else:
            b = self.mat_to_list(b)
        for i in range(len(a)):
            self.assertAlmostEqual(a[i], b[i], places)

    # Overriden method to assume lower accuracy.
    def assertAlmostEqual(self, a, b, places=5):
        super(BaseTest, self).assertAlmostEqual(a, b, places=places)

    def mat_to_list(self, mat):
        """Convert a numpy matrix to a list.
        """
        if isinstance(mat, (np.matrix, np.ndarray)):
            return np.asarray(mat).flatten('F').tolist()
        else:
            return mat
