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+;
+; Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+;
+; 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.
+;
+[tox]
+;envlist = py27, py36, py3-analysis, py3-test
+envlist = py27
+minversion = 2.5.0
+
+[package]
+name = pyvoltha
+
+[cov]
+xml = --cov-report xml:{toxworkdir}/{envname}coverage.xml
+term = --cov-report term-missing
+html = --cov-report html:{toxworkdir}/{envname}cov
+branch = --cov-branch
+directory =--cov {envsitepackagesdir}/{[package]name}
+coverage = {[cov]xml} {[cov]term} {[cov]html} {[cov]branch} {[cov]directory}
+cov_fail_under=100
+
+[pylama]
+format = pylint
+skip = */.tox/*,*/.env/*
+linters = pep8,pylint
+analysis_dirs = {[package]name} test
+analysis = pylama {[pylama]analysis_dirs}
+
+[pylama:pep8]
+max_line_length=99
+ignore = E203, W503, R0903
+
+[pylama:test/*]
+ignore = C0111,R0201,R0903
+
+
+[pytest]
+passenv = {env:PYTEST_ARGS}
+flags =-vvl {env:PYTEST_ARGS:}
+cov-fail-under=100
+unit_results =--junitxml={toxworkdir}/{envname}_results.xml
+test = py.test {[pytest]flags} {[pytest]unit_results}
+with_metrics = {[pytest]test} {[cov]coverage}
+
+[testenv]
+basepython =
+    py27: python2.7
+    ;py3: python3
+envdir =
+    py27: {toxworkdir}/.py27
+    ;py3: {toxworkdir}/.py3
+setenv =
+  COVERAGE_FILE = {envdir}/.coverage
+commands =
+;    py3-test: {[pytest]with_metrics} test
+;    py3-no-coverage: {[pytest]test} test
+;    py3-unit: {[pytest]with_metrics} test/unit
+;    py3-component: {[pytest]with_metrics} test/component
+;    py3-adhoc: {posargs: bash -c 'echo must provide posargs with "tox args -- posargs"'}
+;    py3-analysis: {[pylama]analysis}
+;    py3-analysis: black --check {[pylama]analysis_dirs}
+;    py3-black: black {[pylama]analysis_dirs}
+;    py3-docs: sphinx-build -b html docs docs_out
+    py27-test: nosetests {posargs}
+    py27-test: {[pytest]with_metrics} test
+    py27-no-coverage: {[pytest]test} test
+    py27-unit: {[pytest]with_metrics} test/unit
+    py27-component: {[pytest]with_metrics} test/component
+    py27-adhoc: {posargs: bash -c 'echo must provide posargs with "tox args -- posargs"'}
+
+deps =
+   nose
+   -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+   -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
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