cosmos 3.8.3 → 3.9.1

data/spec/tools/table_manager/tablemanager_core_spec.rb

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+# encoding: ascii-8bit
+
+# Copyright 2014 Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can modify and/or redistribute it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 with
+# attribution addendums as found in the LICENSE.txt
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'cosmos'
+require 'cosmos/tools/table_manager/table_manager_core'
+
+module Cosmos
+
+  describe TableManagerCore do
+    let(:core) { TableManagerCore.new }
+
+    describe "process_definition" do
+      it "complains if the definition filename does not exist" do
+        expect { core.process_definition('path') }.to raise_error(/No such file/)
+      end
+
+      it "processes the table definition" do
+        tf = Tempfile.new('unittest')
+        tf.puts("TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL")
+        tf.close
+        core.process_definition(tf.path)
+        tf.unlink
+        expect(core.config).to_not be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "reset" do
+      it "clears the definition filename and configuration" do
+        tf = Tempfile.new('unittest')
+        tf.puts("TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL")
+        tf.close
+        core.process_definition(tf.path)
+        tf.unlink
+        expect(core.config).to_not be_nil
+        core.reset
+        expect(core.config).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "file_new" do
+      it "complains if the definition filename does not exist" do
+        expect { core.file_new('path', Dir.pwd) }.to raise_error(/No such file/)
+      end
+
+      it "creates a new file in the given output dir" do
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'table_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 32 UINT MIN MAX 0xDEADBEEF "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT 0 1 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '    STATE DISABLE 0'
+          file.puts '    STATE ENABLE 1'
+        end
+        bin_filename = core.file_new(def_filename, Dir.pwd)
+        expect(bin_filename).to eq File.join(Dir.pwd, "table.dat")
+        expect(File.read(bin_filename).formatted).to match /DE AD BE EF 00 00/
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm 'table.csv'
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "file_open" do
+      it "complains if the definition filename does not exist" do
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'def.txt')
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename if File.exist? def_filename
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'dat.bin')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.puts "\x00\x01" }
+        expect { core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename) }.to raise_error(/No such file/)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the binary filename does not exist" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'bin.dat')
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename if File.exist? bin_filename
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') {|file| file.puts "TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL" }
+        expect { core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename) }.to raise_error(/No such file/)
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the binary filename isn't big enough for the definition and zero fills data" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'bin.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xAB\xCD" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 32 UINT 0 0 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        expect { core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename) }.to raise_error(/Binary size of 2 not large enough/)
+        expect(core.config.tables['TABLE1'].buffer.formatted).to match /AB CD 00 00/
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the binary filename is too enough for the definition and truncates the data" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'bin.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xAB\xCD\xEF" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT 0 0 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        expect { core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename) }.to raise_error(/Binary size of 3 larger/)
+        expect(core.config.tables['TABLE1'].buffer.formatted).to match /AB CD/
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "file_save" do
+      it "complains if there is no configuration" do
+        expect { core.file_save('save') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoConfigError)
+      end
+
+      it "complains if there is an error in the configuration data" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'bin.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00\x01" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT 0 0 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.file_save('save.bin') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::CoreError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "writes the configuration to file" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'bin.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00\x01" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        core.config.tables['TABLE1'].buffer = "\xAB\xCD"
+        core.file_save('save.bin')
+        expect(File.read('save.bin').formatted).to match /AB CD/
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+        FileUtils.rm 'save.bin'
+        FileUtils.rm 'save.bin.csv'
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "file_check" do
+      it "complains if there is no configuration" do
+        expect { core.file_check() }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoConfigError)
+      end
+
+      it "complains if there is an error in the configuration data" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'bin.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00\x01" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT 0 0 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.file_check() }.to raise_error(/Errors in TABLE1/)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "returns a success string if there are no errors" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'bin.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00\x01" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect(core.file_check()).to eql "All parameters are within their constraints."
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "file_report" do
+      it "complains if there is no configuration" do
+        expect { core.file_report('file.dat', 'file_def.txt') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoConfigError)
+      end
+
+      it "creates a CSV file with the configuration for ONE_DIMENSIONAL" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00\x01" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        report_filename = core.file_report(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect(File.basename(report_filename)).to eql "testfile.csv"
+        report = File.read(report_filename)
+        expect(report).to match /#{bin_filename}/
+        expect(report).to match /#{def_filename}/
+        FileUtils.rm report_filename
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "creates a CSV file with the configuration for TWO_DIMENSIONAL" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00\x01\x02\x03\x00\x01\x02\x03" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN TWO_DIMENSIONAL 2'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        report_filename = core.file_report(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect(File.basename(report_filename)).to eql "testfile.csv"
+        report = File.read(report_filename)
+        expect(report).to match /#{bin_filename}/
+        expect(report).to match /#{def_filename}/
+        FileUtils.rm report_filename
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "file_hex" do
+      it "complains if there is no configuration" do
+        expect { core.file_hex }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoConfigError)
+      end
+
+      it "creates a hex representation of the binary data" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect(core.file_hex).to match /Total Bytes Read: 4/
+        expect(core.file_hex).to match /DE AD BE EF/
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "table_check" do
+      it "complains if there is no configuration" do
+        expect { core.table_check('table') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoConfigError)
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the table does not exist" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00\x00" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.table_check('TABLE') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoTableError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "returns a string with out of range values" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00\x03\xFF\xFD\x48\x46\x4C\x4C\x4F\x00\x00" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT 0 2 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '    STATE DISABLE 0'
+          file.puts '    STATE ENABLE 1'
+          file.puts '    STATE UNKNOWN 2'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 INT -2 2 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item3 40 STRING "HELLO" "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item4 16 UINT 0 4 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '    FORMAT_STRING "0x%0X"'
+          file.puts '    GENERIC_READ_CONVERSION_START'
+          file.puts '      myself.read("item1") * 2'
+          file.puts '    GENERIC_READ_CONVERSION_END'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        result = core.table_check('table1')
+        expect(result).to match "ITEM1: 3 outside valid range of 0..2"
+        expect(result).to match "ITEM2: -3 outside valid range of -2..2"
+        expect(result).to match "ITEM4: 0x6 outside valid range of 0x0..0x4"
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "table_default" do
+      it "complains if there is no configuration" do
+        expect { core.table_default('table') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoConfigError)
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the table does not exist" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00\x00" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.table_default('TABLE') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoTableError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "sets all table items to their default" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00"*11 }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 INT MIN MAX -100 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 32 UINT MIN MAX 0xDEADBEEF "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item3 40 STRING "HELLO" "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect(core.config.tables['TABLE1'].read('item1')).to eq 0
+        expect(core.config.tables['TABLE1'].read('item2')).to eq 0
+        expect(core.config.tables['TABLE1'].read('item3')).to eq ""
+        core.table_default('table1')
+        expect(core.config.tables['TABLE1'].read('item1')).to eq -100
+        expect(core.config.tables['TABLE1'].read('item2')).to eq 0xDEADBEEF
+        expect(core.config.tables['TABLE1'].read('item3')).to eq "HELLO"
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "table_hex" do
+      it "complains if there is no configuration" do
+        expect { core.table_hex('table') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoConfigError)
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the table does not exist" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.table_hex('table') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoTableError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "creates a hex representation of the binary data" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF\xCA\xFE\xBA\xBE" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts 'TABLE table2 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect(core.table_hex('table1')).to match /Total Bytes Read: 4/
+        expect(core.table_hex('table1')).to match /DE AD BE EF/
+        expect(core.table_hex('table2')).to match /Total Bytes Read: 4/
+        expect(core.table_hex('table2')).to match /CA FE BA BE/
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "table_save" do
+      it "complains if there is no configuration" do
+        expect { core.table_save('table', 'table.dat') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoConfigError)
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the table does not exist" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.table_save('table', 'table.dat') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoTableError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the table has errors" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT 0 0 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.table_save('table1', 'table.dat') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::CoreError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "creates a new file with the table binary data" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF\xCA\xFE\xBA\xBE" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts 'TABLE table2 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        core.table_save('table1', 'table1.dat')
+        expect(File.read('table1.dat').formatted).to match /DE AD BE EF/
+        core.table_save('table2', 'table2.dat')
+        expect(File.read('table2.dat').formatted).to match /CA FE BA BE/
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+        FileUtils.rm 'table1.dat'
+        FileUtils.rm 'table2.dat'
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "table_commit" do
+      it "complains if there is no configuration" do
+        expect { core.table_commit('table', 'table.dat', 'table_def.txt') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoConfigError)
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the table does not exist" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.table_commit('table', 'testfile.dat', 'testfile_def.txt') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoTableError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the table has errors" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT 0 0 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.table_commit('table1', 'testfile.dat', 'testfile_def.txt') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::CoreError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the new definition has errors" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        new_def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'newtestfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(new_def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.table_commit('table1', 'testfile.dat', 'newtestfile_def.txt') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::CoreError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+        FileUtils.rm new_def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "complains if the new file doesn't define the table" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        new_def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'newtestfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(new_def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table2 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect { core.table_commit('table1', 'testfile.dat', 'newtestfile_def.txt') }.to raise_error(TableManagerCore::NoTableError)
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+        FileUtils.rm new_def_filename
+      end
+
+      it "saves the table binary data into a new file" do
+        bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile.dat')
+        File.open(bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF\xCA\xFE\xBA\xBE" }
+        def_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'testfile_def.txt')
+        File.open(def_filename,'w') do |file|
+          file.puts 'TABLE table1 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts 'TABLE table2 BIG_ENDIAN ONE_DIMENSIONAL'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item1 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+          file.puts '  APPEND_PARAMETER item2 16 UINT MIN MAX 0 "Item"'
+        end
+        new_bin_filename = File.join(Dir.pwd, 'newtestfile.dat')
+        File.open(new_bin_filename,'w') {|file| file.write "\x00"*8 }
+
+        core.file_open(bin_filename, def_filename)
+        expect(File.read('newtestfile.dat').formatted).to match /00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00/
+        core.table_commit('table1', 'newtestfile.dat', 'testfile_def.txt')
+        expect(File.read('newtestfile.dat').formatted).to match /DE AD BE EF 00 00 00 00/
+        core.table_commit('table2', 'newtestfile.dat', 'testfile_def.txt')
+        expect(File.read('newtestfile.dat').formatted).to match /DE AD BE EF CA FE BA BE/
+        FileUtils.rm bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm def_filename
+        FileUtils.rm new_bin_filename
+        FileUtils.rm 'newtestfile.csv'
+      end
+    end
+
+  end # describe TableManagerCore
+end
+