From b9f827e29635a82b4f5249085a9150a0ba0c2ffb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wayne <wayne.abel@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 23:43:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] implement test_ping function

---
 conftest.py         | 14 ++------------
 test/test_Server.py |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/test_Server.py

diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 343ff95..086ca95 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
 """
     setup the fixtures for our test
 """
-import socketserver
-
 import pytest
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def server():
     """
-    starts the server
+    returns a fresh server instance
     """
     from src.server import Handler_TCPServer
-
-    HOST, PORT = "localhost", 9999
-
-    # Init the TCP server object, bind it to the localhost on 9999 port
-    tcp_server = socketserver.TCPServer((HOST, PORT), Handler_TCPServer)
-
-    # Activate the TCP server.
-    # To abort the TCP server, press Ctrl-C.
-    tcp_server.serve_forever()
+    return Handler_TCPServer
diff --git a/test/test_Server.py b/test/test_Server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12ac51b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_Server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""
+    tests the server functionality
+"""
+
+
+def test_ping(server):
+    assert server.ping(server, "some message") == "PONG"