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createTemporaryFolder

Class: matlab.unittest.TestCase
Namespace: matlab.unittest

Create temporary folder

Since R2022a

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Syntax

folder = createTemporaryFolder(testCase)

Description

folder = createTemporaryFolder(testCase) creates a temporary folder for the test case and returns the full path to the folder as a character vector. The lifecycle of the folder is tied to the test case. Once the test case goes out of scope, the testing framework removes the folder.

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Input Arguments

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Test case, specified as a matlab.unittest.TestCase object.

Examples

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Create tests that use a temporary folder to test writing to a file.

In a file in your current folder, create the WritingToFileTest class. Define two Test methods in the class that write to a file in a temporary folder and then verify the contents of the file. To create a new temporary folder for each test, call the createTemporaryFolder method within a TestMethodSetup methods block.

classdef WritingToFileTest < matlab.unittest.TestCase
    properties
        Folder
    end

    methods (TestMethodSetup)
        function setup(testCase)
            testCase.Folder = testCase.createTemporaryFolder();
        end
    end

    methods (Test)
        function test1(testCase)
            file = fullfile(testCase.Folder,"myFile.txt");
            fid = fopen(file,"w");
            testCase.addTeardown(@fclose,fid)
            testCase.assertNotEqual(fid,-1,"IO Problem")
            txt = repmat("ab",1,1000);
            dataToWrite = join(txt);
            fprintf(fid,"%s",dataToWrite);
            testCase.verifyEqual(string(fileread(file)),dataToWrite)
        end

        function test2(testCase)
            file = fullfile(testCase.Folder,"myFile.txt");
            fid = fopen(file,"w");
            testCase.addTeardown(@fclose,fid)
            testCase.assertNotEqual(fid,-1,"IO Problem")
            txt = repmat("A B",1,1000);
            dataToWrite = join(txt);
            fprintf(fid,"%s",dataToWrite);
            testCase.verifyEqual(string(fileread(file)),dataToWrite)
        end
    end
end

Run the tests. Once a test runs to completion, the testing framework automatically removes the temporary folder for that test.

runtests("WritingToFileTest")
Running WritingToFileTest
..
Done WritingToFileTest
__________

ans = 
  1×2 TestResult array with properties:

    Name
    Passed
    Failed
    Incomplete
    Duration
    Details

Totals:
   2 Passed, 0 Failed, 0 Incomplete.
   1.3432 seconds testing time.

Tips

  • The matlab.unittest.fixtures.TemporaryFolderFixture class provides a fixture to create a temporary folder. More functionality is available when you create a temporary folder using the fixture. For example, you can specify a suffix for the temporary folder name.

Version History

Introduced in R2022a

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