diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 addon-sdk/source/test/test-test-utils-async.js
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+++ b/addon-sdk/source/test/test-test-utils-async.js	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+'use strict'
+
+const { defer: async } = require('sdk/lang/functional');
+const { before, after } = require('sdk/test/utils');
+
+let AFTER_RUN = 0;
+let BEFORE_RUN = 0;
+
+/*
+ * Tests are dependent on ordering, as the before and after functions
+ * are called outside of each test, and sometimes checked in the next test
+ * (like in the `after` tests)
+ */
+exports.testABeforeAsync = function (assert, done) {
+  assert.equal(BEFORE_RUN, 1, 'before function was called');
+  BEFORE_RUN = 0;
+  AFTER_RUN = 0;
+  async(done)();
+};
+
+exports.testABeforeNameAsync = function (assert, done) {
+  assert.equal(BEFORE_RUN, 2, 'before function was called with name');
+  BEFORE_RUN = 0;
+  AFTER_RUN = 0;
+  async(done)();
+};
+
+exports.testAfterAsync = function (assert, done) {
+  assert.equal(AFTER_RUN, 1, 'after function was called previously');
+  BEFORE_RUN = 0;
+  AFTER_RUN = 0;
+  async(done)();
+};
+
+exports.testAfterNameAsync = function (assert, done) {
+  assert.equal(AFTER_RUN, 2, 'after function was called with name');
+  BEFORE_RUN = 0;
+  AFTER_RUN = 0;
+  async(done)();
+};
+
+exports.testSyncABefore = function (assert) {
+  assert.equal(BEFORE_RUN, 1, 'before function was called for sync test');
+  BEFORE_RUN = 0;
+  AFTER_RUN = 0;
+};
+
+exports.testSyncAfter = function (assert) {
+  assert.equal(AFTER_RUN, 1, 'after function was called for sync test');
+  BEFORE_RUN = 0;
+  AFTER_RUN = 0;
+};
+
+before(exports, (name, assert, done) => {
+  if (name === 'testABeforeNameAsync')
+    BEFORE_RUN = 2;
+  else
+    BEFORE_RUN = 1;
+  assert.pass('assert passed into before function');
+  async(done)();
+});
+
+after(exports, (name, assert, done) => {
+  // testAfterName runs after testAfter, which is where this
+  // check occurs in the assertation
+  if (name === 'testAfterAsync')
+    AFTER_RUN = 2;
+  else
+    AFTER_RUN = 1;
+  assert.pass('assert passed into after function');
+  async(done)();
+});
+
+require('sdk/test').run(exports);