Abstract test case input output lists in unit tests

[dhblum]

This is to abstract the definition of input and output lists within if-else statements in the API unit tests in utilities.py to the setUp method in each test cases's specific testing file test_<testcase>. For example in these locations:

• https://github.com/ibpsa/project1-boptest/blob/master/testing/utilities.py#L565
• https://github.com/ibpsa/project1-boptest/blob/master/testing/utilities.py#L689
• https://github.com/ibpsa/project1-boptest/blob/master/testing/utilities.py#L716
• https://github.com/ibpsa/project1-boptest/blob/master/testing/utilities.py#L865

[dhblum]

Assign @EttoreZ.

[EttoreZ]

I will make a pull request on the branch Issue463_abstract_testcase_inout_lists_unittests. @dhblum could you create that branch for me on the IBPSA repo?

[EttoreZ]

I made the pull request, I only have one comment:
In the script utilities.py function test_advance_false_overwrite, the input used for bestest_hydronic is different than in function test_invalid_advance_value, namely u = {'oveTSetSup_activate': 0, 'oveTSetSup_u': 273.15+60, 'ovePum_activate': 0,'ovePum_u': 1} and u = {'oveTSetSup_activate': 0, 'oveTSetSup_u': 273.15+60,'ovePum_activate': 0}. In the pull request I used the first input dictionary and running the tests passed all of them, since the actual values or number of inputs do not matter for those specific unit test.

[dhblum]

Closed by #472.