biomart 0.1.0 → 0.1.1

data/biomart.gemspec

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{biomart}
-  s.version = "0.1.0"
+  s.version = "0.1.1"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Darren Oakley"]
-  s.date = %q{2009-08-29}
+  s.date = %q{2009-10-21}
   s.description = %q{A ruby API for interacting with Biomart services.}
   s.email = ["daz.oakley@gmail.com"]
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ["History.txt", "Manifest.txt", "README.rdoc"]

data/lib/biomart.rb

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require "rubygems"
 require "builder"
 
 module Biomart
-  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+  VERSION = "0.1.1"
   
   # This is the base Biomart error/exception class. Rescue it if 
   # you want to catch any exceptions that this code might raise.

data/lib/biomart/dataset.rb

@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ module Biomart
       return biomart_xml
     end
     
+    # Simple heartbeat function to test that a Biomart server is online.
+    # Returns true/false.
+    def alive?
+      server = Biomart::Server.new( @url )
+      return server.alive?
+    end
+    
     private
     
       # Utility function to retrieve and process the configuration 

data/lib/biomart/server.rb

@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ module Biomart
       return @datasets
     end
     
+    # Simple heartbeat function to test that a Biomart server is online.
+    # Returns true/false.
+    def alive?
+      begin
+        @databases = {} # reset the databases store
+        self.list_databases
+      rescue Biomart::BiomartError => e
+        return false
+      else
+        return true
+      end
+    end
+    
     private
     
       # Utility method to do the webservice call to the biomart server 

data/test/test_biomart.rb

@@ -96,9 +96,16 @@ class BiomartTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   
   context "The Biomart module" do
     setup do
-      @not_biomart = Biomart::Server.new('http://www.sanger.ac.uk')
-      @htgt_targ   = @htgt.datasets["htgt_targ"]
-      @bad_dataset = Biomart::Dataset.new( "http://www.sanger.ac.uk/htgt/biomart", { :name => "wibble" } )
+      @not_biomart  = Biomart::Server.new( "http://www.sanger.ac.uk" )
+      @htgt_targ    = @htgt.datasets["htgt_targ"]
+      @bad_dataset  = Biomart::Dataset.new( "http://www.sanger.ac.uk/htgt/biomart", { :name => "wibble" } )
+      @good_biomart = Biomart::Server.new( "http://www.sanger.ac.uk/htgt/biomart" )
+    end
+    
+    should "allow you to ping a server" do
+      assert( @good_biomart.alive?, "A good biomart does not respond 'true' to .alive?." )
+      assert( @htgt_targ.alive?, "A good biomart datasetdoes not respond 'true' to .alive?." )
+      assert_equal( false, @not_biomart.alive?, "A non-biomart server does not respond 'false' to .alive?." )
     end
     
     should "handle user/configuration errors (i.e. incorrect URLs etc)" do

data/test/test_helper.rb

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ rescue LoadError
 end
 
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
-require 'Biomart'
+require 'biomart'

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: biomart
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 0.1.0
+  version: 0.1.1
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Darren Oakley
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2009-08-29 00:00:00 +01:00
+date: 2009-10-21 00:00:00 +01:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: 
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency