Improved the timing_histos test to check the content of the rootfile.

GaudiExamples/tests/qmtest/gaudiexamples.qms/timing_histos.qmt

 <?xml version="1.0" ?><!DOCTYPE extension  PUBLIC '-//QM/2.3/Extension//EN'  'http://www.codesourcery.com/qm/dtds/2.3/-//qm/2.3/extension//en.dtd'>
 <extension class="GaudiTest.GaudiExeTest" kind="test">
-  <argument name="program"><text>gaudirun.py</text></argument>
-  <argument name="args"><set><text>$GAUDIEXAMPLESROOT/options/TimingHistograms.py</text></set></argument>
-  <argument name="use_temp_dir"><enumeral>true</enumeral></argument>
-  <argument name="reference"><text>refs/TimingHistograms.ref</text></argument>
+<argument name="program"><text>gaudirun.py</text></argument>
+<argument name="args"><set><text>$GAUDIEXAMPLESROOT/options/TimingHistograms.py</text></set></argument>
+<argument name="use_temp_dir"><enumeral>true</enumeral></argument>
+<argument name="reference"><text>refs/TimingHistograms.ref</text></argument>
+<argument name="validator"><text>
+# Default validation.
+validateWithReference()
+
+# Check the content of the ROOT file.
+import os
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+
+testscript = os.path.join(os.environ['GAUDIEXAMPLESROOT'], 'tests', 'scripts', 'test_timing_histo_file.py')
+
+test = Popen(['python', testscript], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+out, err = test.communicate()
+
+result['root_file_check.returncode'] = str(test.returncode)
+if test.returncode:
+    causes.append('root file content')
+
+if out:
+    result['root_file_check.stdout'] = result.Quote(out)
+
+if err:
+    causes.append('standard error')
+    result['root_file_check.stderr'] = result.Quote(err)
+
+</text></argument>
 </extension>

GaudiExamples/tests/scripts/test_timing_histo_file.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Check the content of the ROOT file generated by the test 'gaudiexamples.timing_histos'.
+
+The file must contain a directory called 'TIMER.TIMER' with 3 well defined histograms inside.
+"""
+import sys
+
+def test():
+    import ROOT
+
+    filename = 'timing_histos.root'
+
+    toolname = 'TIMER.TIMER'
+
+    histograms = ['ElapsedTime', 'CPUTime', 'Count']
+
+    labels = ['EVENT LOOP                    ',
+              ' ParentAlg                    ',
+              ' SubAlg1                      ',
+              ' SubAlg2                      ',
+              ' StopperAlg                   ',
+              ' TopSequence                  ',
+              '  Sequence1                   ',
+              '   Prescaler1                 ',
+              '   HelloWorld                 ',
+              '   Counter1                   ',
+              '  Sequence2                   ',
+              '   Prescaler2                 ',
+              '   Counter2                   ',
+              ' ANDSequence                  ',
+              '  AND                         ',
+              '  ANDCounter                  ',
+              ' ORSequence                   ',
+              '  OR                          ',
+              '  ORCounter                   ']
+
+    f = ROOT.TFile.Open(filename)
+    assert f, 'Cannot open file %r' % filename
+
+    d = f.Get(toolname)
+    assert d, 'Missing directory %r' % toolname
+
+    for name in histograms:
+        h = d.Get(name)
+        assert h, 'Missing histogram %r' % name
+        l = list(h.GetXaxis().GetLabels())
+        assert len(l) == len(labels), 'Wrong number of labels in histogram %r (found: %d, exp: %d)' % (name, len(l), len(labels))
+        for i, (expected, found) in enumerate(zip(labels, l)):
+            assert found == expected, 'Wrong label at position %d in histogram %r (found: %r, exp: %r)' % (i, name, found, expected)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        test()
+    except AssertionError, a:
+        print "FAILURE:", a
+        sys.exit(1)
+    print "SUCCESS"