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/**
 * @file   unit_test_base.h
 * @brief  Base class for unit tests using FHiCL configuration
 * @date   December 1st, 2015
 * @author petrillo@fnal.gov
 * 
 * Provides an environment for easy set up of a message-facility-aware test.
 * 
 * For an example of how to expand it to host services,
 * see larcore/test/Geometry/geometry_unit_test_base.h
 * 
 * Currently provides:
 * - BasicEnvironmentConfiguration: a test environment configuration
 * - TestSharedGlobalResource: mostly internal use
 * - TesterEnvironment: a prepacked test environment with some provider support
 * 
 * This is a pure template header. It will require the following libraries:
 * 
 * * `MF_MessageLogger`
 * * `MF_Utilities`
 * * `fhiclcpp`
 * * `cetlib`
 * 
 */


#ifndef TEST_UNIT_TEST_BASE_H
#define TEST_UNIT_TEST_BASE_H

// GArSoft libraries
#include "TestUtils/ProviderTestHelpers.h"
#include "TestUtils/ProviderList.h"
#include "CoreUtils/ProviderPack.h"

// utility libraries
#include "fhiclcpp/ParameterSet.h"
#include "fhiclcpp/intermediate_table.h"
#include "fhiclcpp/make_ParameterSet.h"
#include "fhiclcpp/parse.h"
// #include "fhiclcpp/exception.h"
#include "messagefacility/MessageLogger/MessageLogger.h"

// CET libraries
#include "cetlib/filesystem.h" // cet::is_absolute_filepath()
#include "cetlib/filepath_maker.h"
#include "cetlib/search_path.h"

// C/C++ standard libraries
#include <iostream> // for output before message facility is set up
#include <string>
#include <memory> // std::unique_ptr<>
#include <utility> // std::move(), std::forward()
#include <map>
#include <type_traits> // std::add_rvalue_reference()
#include <stdexcept> // std::logic_error


namespace testing {
  
  namespace details {
    
    /// Reads and makes available the command line parameters
    class CommandLineArguments {
        public:
      /// Constructor: automatically parses from Boost arguments
      CommandLineArguments() { Clear(); }
    
      /// Constructor: parses from specified arguments
      CommandLineArguments(int argc, char** argv)
        { ParseArguments(argc, argv); }
    
      /// Parses arguments
      void ParseArguments(int argc, char** argv);
      
      /// Returns the name of the executable as started
      std::string Executable() const { return exec_name; }
      
      /// Returns the list of non-Boost-test arguments on the command line
      std::vector<std::string> const& Arguments() const { return args; }
      
      /// Returns whether we have arguments up to the iArg-th (0-based)
      bool hasArgument(size_t iArg) const { return iArg < args.size(); }
      
      /// Returns the value of the iArg-th (0-based; no range check!)
      std::string const& Argument(size_t iArg) const { return args[iArg]; }
      
        private:
      std::string exec_name; ///< name of the test executable (from argv[0])
      std::vector<std::string> args; ///< command line arguments (from argv[0])
      
      /// Erases the stored arguments
      void Clear() { exec_name.clear(); args.clear(); }

    }; // class CommandLineArguments
    
    
    void CommandLineArguments::ParseArguments(int argc, char** argv) {
      Clear();
      if (argc == 0) return;
      
      exec_name = argv[0];
      
      args.resize(argc - 1);
      std::copy(argv + 1, argv + argc, args.begin());
      
    } // CommandLineArguments:ParseArguments()
    
    
    // forward declaration
    template
       <typename TestEnv, typename Pack, typename... Provs>
    struct ProviderPackFiller;
    
  } // namespace details
  
  
  /** **************************************************************************
   * @brief Class holding a configuration for a test environment
   *
   * This class needs to be fully constructed by the default constructor
   * in order to be useful as Boost unit test fixture.
   * It is supposed to be passed as a template parameter to another class
   * that can store an instance of it and extract configuration information
   * from it.
   */
  struct BasicEnvironmentConfiguration {
    
    /// Default constructor; this is what is used in Boost unit test
    BasicEnvironmentConfiguration() { DefaultInit(); }
    
    /// Constructor: acquires parameters from the command line
    BasicEnvironmentConfiguration(int argc, char** argv):
      BasicEnvironmentConfiguration()
      { ParseCommandLine(argc, argv); }
    
    /// Constructor; accepts the name as parameter
    BasicEnvironmentConfiguration(std::string name):
      BasicEnvironmentConfiguration()
      { SetApplicationName(name); }
    
    BasicEnvironmentConfiguration(int argc, char** argv, std::string name):
      BasicEnvironmentConfiguration(argc, argv)
      { SetApplicationName(name); }
    
    /// @{
    /// @name Access to configuration
    /// Name of the application
    std::string ApplicationName() const { return appl_name; }
    
    /// Path to the configuration file
    std::string ConfigurationPath() const { return config_path; }
    
    /// FHiCL path for the configuration of the test algorithm
    std::string TesterParameterSetPath(std::string name) const
      {
        auto iPath = test_paths.find(name);
        return (iPath == test_paths.end())
          ? ("physics.analyzers." + name): iPath->second;
      }
    
    /// Name of the test algorithm instance
    std::string MainTesterParameterSetName() const { return main_test_name; }
    
    /// FHiCL path for the configuration of the test algorithm
    std::string MainTesterParameterSetPath() const
      {
        return MainTesterParameterSetName().empty()
          ? "": TesterParameterSetPath(MainTesterParameterSetName());
      }
    
    /// FHiCL path for the configuration of the service
    std::string ServiceParameterSetPath(std::string name) const
      {
        auto iPath = service_paths.find(name);
        return (iPath == service_paths.end())
          ? ("services." + name): iPath->second;
      } // ServiceParameterSetPath()
    
    /// A string describing default parameter set to configure specified test
    std::string DefaultTesterConfiguration(std::string tester_name) const
      { return analyzers_default_cfg.at(tester_name); }
    
    /// A string describing the default parameter set to configure the test
    std::string DefaultServiceConfiguration(std::string service_name) const
      { return services_default_cfg.at(service_name); }
    
    /// A string describing the full default parameter set
    std::string DefaultConfiguration() const
      { return BuildDefaultConfiguration(); }
    
    /// Returns the name of the executable as started
    std::string ExecutablePath() const { return arguments.Executable(); }
    
    /// Returns the list of non-Boost-test arguments on the command line
    std::vector<std::string> const& EexcutableArguments() const
      { return arguments.Arguments(); }
    
    ///@}
    
    
    /// @{
    /// @name Set configuration
    
    /// Sets the name of the application
    void SetApplicationName(std::string name) { appl_name = name; }
    
    /// Sets the path to the configuration file
    void SetConfigurationPath(std::string path) { config_path = path; }
    
    /// Sets the FHiCL name for the configuration of the test algorithm
    void SetMainTesterParameterSetName(std::string name)
      { main_test_name = name; }
    
    /// Sets the FHiCL path for the configuration of a test algorithm
    void SetTesterParameterSetPath(std::string test_name, std::string path)
      { test_paths[test_name] = path; }
    
    /// Sets the FHiCL path for the configuration of the main test algorithm
    void SetMainTesterParameterSetPath(std::string path)
      {
        if (MainTesterParameterSetName().empty()) {
          throw std::logic_error
             ("Request setting configuration of non-existent main tester");
        }
        SetTesterParameterSetPath(MainTesterParameterSetName(), path);
      }
    
    /// Sets the FHiCL path for the configuration of a test algorithm
    void SetServiceParameterSetPath(std::string service_name, std::string path)
      { service_paths[service_name] = path; }
    
    /// Adds a default configuration for the specified service
    void AddDefaultServiceConfiguration
      (std::string service_name, std::string service_cfg)
      { services_default_cfg[service_name] = service_cfg; }
    
    /// Adds a default configuration for the specified tester
    void AddDefaultTesterConfiguration
      (std::string tester_name, std::string tester_cfg)
      { analyzers_default_cfg[tester_name] = tester_cfg; }
    
    /// Adds a default configuration for the main tester
    void AddDefaultTesterConfiguration(std::string tester_cfg)
      {
        if (MainTesterParameterSetName().empty()) {
          throw std::logic_error
             ("Request adding configuration of non-existent main tester");
        }
        AddDefaultTesterConfiguration(MainTesterParameterSetName(), tester_cfg);
      }
    
    ///@}
    
    
    
      protected:
    using ConfigurationMap_t = std::map<std::string, std::string>;
    using PathMap_t = std::map<std::string, std::string>;
    
    std::string appl_name; ///< name of the application
    std::string config_path; ///< configuration file path
    std::string main_test_name; ///< name of main test algorithm
    std::string main_test_path; ///< path of main test algorithm configuration
    
    /// Returns the default test name
    static std::string DefaultApplicationName() { return "Test"; }
    
    /// Configuration of all the services
    ConfigurationMap_t services_default_cfg;
    /// Configuration of all the analyzer modules
    ConfigurationMap_t analyzers_default_cfg;
    
    /// Set of paths for tester configuration
    PathMap_t test_paths;
    /// Set of paths for service configuration
    PathMap_t service_paths;
    
    /// Extracts arguments from the command line, uses first one as config path
    void ParseCommandLine(int argc, char** argv)
      {
        arguments.ParseArguments(argc, argv);
        if (arguments.hasArgument(0))
          SetConfigurationPath(arguments.Argument(0)); // first argument
      }
    
    /// Initialize with some default values
    void DefaultInit()
      {
        SetApplicationName(DefaultApplicationName());
        SetMainTesterParameterSetName("");
        // a destination which will react to all messages from DEBUG up:
        AddDefaultServiceConfiguration("message",
          R"(
           debugModules: [ '*' ]
           destinations : {
             stdout: {
               type:      cout
               threshold: DEBUG
               categories: {
                 default: {
                   limit: -1
                 }
               } // categories
             } // stdout
           } // destinations
           statistics: cout
         )");
      } // DefaultInit()
    
    /// A string describing the full default parameter set
    std::string BuildDefaultServiceConfiguration() const
      { return BuildServiceConfiguration(services_default_cfg); }
    
    /// A string describing the full default parameter set
    std::string BuildDefaultTestConfiguration() const
      { return BuildTestConfiguration(analyzers_default_cfg); }
    
    /// A string describing the full default parameter set
    std::string BuildDefaultConfiguration() const
      {
        return BuildConfiguration(services_default_cfg, analyzers_default_cfg);
      }
    
    
    /// A string with the service section from service parameter sets
    static std::string BuildServiceConfiguration
      (ConfigurationMap_t const& services)
      {
        std::string cfg;
        cfg += "\nservices: {";
        for (auto const& service_info: services) {
          cfg += "\n  " + service_info.first + ": {";
          cfg += "\n" + service_info.second;
          cfg += "\n  } # " + service_info.first;
        } // for services
        cfg +=
          "\n} # services"
          "\n";
        return cfg;
      } // BuildServiceConfiguration()
    
    /// A string with the physics section from analyzer parameter sets
    static std::string BuildTestConfiguration
      (ConfigurationMap_t const& analyzers)
      {
        std::string cfg;
        cfg +=
          "\nphysics: {"
          "\n  analyzers: {"
          ;
        for (auto const& module_info: analyzers) {
          cfg += "\n  " + module_info.first + ": {";
          cfg += "\n" + module_info.second;
          cfg += "\n  } # " + module_info.first;
        } // for analyzers
        cfg +=
          "\n  } # analyzers"
          "\n} # physics";
        return cfg;
      } // BuildServiceConfiguration()
    
    /// A string describing the full default parameter set
    static std::string BuildConfiguration
      (ConfigurationMap_t const& services, ConfigurationMap_t const& modules)
      {
        std::string cfg;
        cfg += BuildServiceConfiguration(services);
        cfg += BuildTestConfiguration(modules);
        return cfg;
      } // BuildConfiguration()
    
      private:
    details::CommandLineArguments arguments; ///< command line arguments
    
  }; // class BasicEnvironmentConfiguration<>
  
  
  
  /** **************************************************************************
   * @brief Utility class providing singleton objects to the derived classes
   * @tparam RES the type of object (include constantness if needed)
   * 
   * The object is expected to be shared.
   */
  template <typename RES>
  class TestSharedGlobalResource {
     using Resource_t = RES;
     
       public:
     using ResourcePtr_t = std::shared_ptr<Resource_t>;
     
     /// @name Add and share resources
     /// @{
     
     /// Adds a shared resource to the resource registry
     static void AddSharedResource(std::string res_name, ResourcePtr_t res_ptr)
       { Resources[res_name] = res_ptr; }
     
     /// Adds a shared resource to the resource registry (empty name)
     static void AddDefaultSharedResource(ResourcePtr_t res_ptr)
       { AddSharedResource(std::string(), res_ptr); }
     
     /// Registers a shared resource only if none exists yet
     template <typename... Args>
     static ResourcePtr_t ProvideSharedResource
       (std::string res_name, ResourcePtr_t res_ptr)
       {
         if (hasResource(res_name)) return ResourcePtr_t();
         AddSharedResource(res_name, res_ptr);
         return res_ptr;
       }
     
     /// Creates a shared resource as default only if none exists yet
     template <typename... Args>
     static ResourcePtr_t ProvideDefaultSharedResource(ResourcePtr_t res_ptr)
       { return ProvideSharedResource(std::string(), res_ptr); }
     
     //@{
     /// Adds a shared resource only if it is old_res_ptr
     static bool ReplaceSharedResource(
       std::string res_name,
       Resource_t const* old_res_ptr, ResourcePtr_t res_ptr
       )
       {
         ResourcePtr_t current_res_ptr = ShareResource();
         if (current_res_ptr.get() != old_res_ptr) return false;
         AddSharedResource(res_name, res_ptr);
         return true;
       }
     static bool ReplaceSharedResource
       (std::string res_name, ResourcePtr_t old_res_ptr, ResourcePtr_t res_ptr)
       { return ReplaceSharedResource(res_name, old_res_ptr.get(), res_ptr); }
     //@}
     
     //@{
     /// Adds a shared resource as default resource only if it is old_res_ptr
     static bool ReplaceDefaultSharedResource
       (Resource_t const* old_res_ptr, ResourcePtr_t res_ptr)
       { return ReplaceSharedResource(std::string(), old_res_ptr, res_ptr); }
     static bool ReplaceDefaultSharedResource
       (ResourcePtr_t old_res_ptr, ResourcePtr_t res_ptr)
       { return ReplaceSharedResource(std::string(), old_res_ptr, res_ptr); }
     //@}
     
     /// Constructs and registers a new resource with a specified name
     template <typename... Args>
     static ResourcePtr_t CreateResource(std::string res_name, Args&&... args)
       {
         ResourcePtr_t res_ptr(new Resource_t(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
         AddSharedResource(res_name, res_ptr);
         return res_ptr;
       }
     
     /// Constructs and registers a new resource with no name
     template <typename... Args>
     static void CreateDefaultResource(Args&&... args)
       { CreateResource(std::string(), std::forward<Args>(args)...); }
     
     
     /// Creates a shared resource only if none exists yet
     template <typename... Args>
     static ResourcePtr_t ProposeSharedResource
       (std::string res_name, Args&&... args)
       {
         return hasResource(res_name)?
           ResourcePtr_t():
           CreateResource(res_name, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
       }
     
     /// Creates a shared resource as default only if none exists yet
     template <typename... Args>
     static ResourcePtr_t ProposeDefaultSharedResource(Args&&... args)
       {
         return ProposeSharedResource
           (std::string(), std::forward<Args>(args)...);
       }
     
     /// @}
     
     /// @name Resource access
     /// @{
     
     /// Returns whether a resource exists
     /// @throws std::out_of_range if not available
     static bool hasResource(std::string name = "")
       {
         auto iRes = Resources.find(name);
         return (iRes != Resources.end()) && bool(iRes->second);
       }
     
     /// Retrieves the specified resource for sharing (nullptr if none)
     static ResourcePtr_t ShareResource(std::string name = "")
       {
         auto iRes = Resources.find(name);
         return (iRes == Resources.end())? ResourcePtr_t(): iRes->second;
       }
     
     /// Retrieves the specified resource, or throws if not available
     static Resource_t& Resource(std::string name = "")
       { return *(Resources.at(name).get()); }
     
     /// @}
     
     /// Destroys the specified resource (does nothing if no such resource)
     static Resource_t& DestroyResource(std::string name = "")
       { Resources.erase(name); }
     
       private:
     static std::map<std::string, ResourcePtr_t> Resources;
     
  }; // class TestSharedGlobalResource<>
  
  
  template <typename RES>
  std::map<std::string, typename TestSharedGlobalResource<RES>::ResourcePtr_t>
  TestSharedGlobalResource<RES>::Resources;
  
  
  /** **************************************************************************
   * @brief Environment for a test
   * @tparam ConfigurationClass a class providing compile-time configuration
   * 
   * The test environment is set up on construction.
   * 
   * The environment provides:
   * - Parameters() method returning the complete FHiCL configuration
   * - TesterParameters() method returning the configuration for the test
   * 
   * This class or a derived one can be used as global fixture for unit tests.
   * 
   * Unfortunately Boost does not give any control on the initialization of the
   * object, so everything must be ready to go as hard coded.
   * The ConfigurationClass class tries to alleviate that.
   * That is another, small static class that BasicTesterEnvironment uses to
   * get its parameters.
   * 
   * The requirements for the ConfigurationClass are:
   * - `std::string ApplicationName()`: the application name
   * - `std::string ConfigurationPath()`: path to the configuration file
   * - `std::string MainTesterParameterSetName()`: name of the
   *   configuration of the main test (commodity)
   * - `std::string DefaultTesterConfiguration()` returning a FHiCL string
   *   to be parsed to extract the default test configuration
   * 
   * Whether the configuration comes from a file or from the two provided
   * defaults, it is always expected within the parameter set paths:
   * the default configuration must also contain that path.
   * 
   * Note that there is no room for polymorphism here since the setup happens
   * on construction.
   * Some methods are declared virtual in order to allow to tweak some steps
   * of the set up, but it's not trivial to create a derived class that works
   * correctly: the derived class must declare a new default constructor,
   * and that default constructor must call the protected constructor
   * (BasicTesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>(no_setup))
   */
  template <typename ConfigurationClass>
  class BasicTesterEnvironment: private details::CommandLineArguments {
    
      public:
    using Configuration_t = ConfigurationClass;
    
    /**
     * @brief Constructor: sets everything up and declares the test started
     * 
     * The configuration is from a default-constructed ConfigurationClass.
     * This is suitable for use as Boost unit test fixture.
     */
    BasicTesterEnvironment(bool bSetup = true) { if (bSetup) Setup(); }
    
    //@{
    /**
     * @brief Setup from a configuration
     * @param configurer an instance of ConfigurationClass
     * 
     * The configuration is from the specified configurer class.
     * 
     * This constructor allows to use a non-default-constructed configuration.
     * This can't be used (at best of my knowledge) when using this class as
     * Boost unit test fixture.
     * 
     * In the r-value-reference constructor, the configurer is moved.
     */
    BasicTesterEnvironment(Configuration_t const& cfg_obj, bool bSetup = true):
      config(cfg_obj)
      { if (bSetup) Setup(); }
    BasicTesterEnvironment(Configuration_t&& cfg_obj, bool bSetup = true):
      config(cfg_obj)
      { if (bSetup) Setup(); }
    //@}
    
    /// Destructor: closing remarks
    virtual ~BasicTesterEnvironment();
    
    
    /// @{
    /// @name Configuration retrieval
    
    /// Returns the full configuration
    fhicl::ParameterSet const& Parameters() const { return params; }
    
    /// Returns the configuration of the specified service
    fhicl::ParameterSet ServiceParameters(std::string service_name) const
      {
        return params.get<fhicl::ParameterSet>
          (config.ServiceParameterSetPath(service_name));
      }
    
    /// Returns the configuration of the specified test
    fhicl::ParameterSet TesterParameters(std::string test_name) const
      {
        return params.get<fhicl::ParameterSet>
          (config.TesterParameterSetPath(test_name));
      }
    
    /// Returns the configuration of the main test (undefined if no main test)
    fhicl::ParameterSet TesterParameters() const
      {
        if (config.MainTesterParameterSetName().empty()) return {};
        else return TesterParameters(config.MainTesterParameterSetName());
      }
    
    /// @}
    
    static fhicl::ParameterSet CompileParameterSet(std::string cfg);
    
      protected:
    
    /// Returns a read-only version of the configuration
    Configuration_t const& Config() const { return config; }
    
    /// The complete initialization, ran at construction by default
    virtual void Setup();
    
    /// Reads and translates the configuration
    virtual void Configure();
    
    /**
     * @brief Creates a full configuration for the test
     * @return a parameters set with the complete configuration
     */
    virtual fhicl::ParameterSet DefaultParameters() const
      { return CompileParameterSet(config.DefaultConfiguration()); }
    
    //@{
    /// Sets up the message facility
    virtual void SetupMessageFacility
      (fhicl::ParameterSet const& pset, std::string appl_name = "") const;
    virtual void SetupMessageFacility() const
      { SetupMessageFacility(Parameters(), config.ApplicationName()); }
    //@}
    
    /**
     * @brief Fills the test configuration from file or from default
     * 
     * If a FHiCL configuration file is specified, the configuration of the test
     * is read from it according to the parameter set path of the test.
     * Otherwise, it is parsed from the default one provided by the configurer.
     */
    /// Parses from file and returns a FHiCL data structure
    static fhicl::ParameterSet ParseParameters(std::string config_path);
    
      private:
    Configuration_t config; ///< instance of the configurer
    
    
    void FillArgumentsFromCommandLine();
    
    fhicl::ParameterSet params; ///< full configuration of the test
    
  }; // class BasicTesterEnvironment<>
  
  
  
  //****************************************************************************
  /**
   * @brief A test environment with some support for service providers
   * @tparam ConfigurationClass a class providing compile-time configuration
   * 
   * This test environment extends BasicTesterEnvironment with some basic
   * support for service providers.
   *
   *
   * Service provider support
   * =========================
   *
   * This environment makes it available the method `Provider<Prov>()`, which
   * returns a pointer to the provider of type Prov.
   * 
   * All providers must be set up _after_ the test environment is constructed.
   * The environment provides the following facilities:
   * 
   * * SetupProvider() to set up a service provider with generic arguments
   * * SetupProviderFromService() to set up a service provider with a parameter
   *     set extracted from the configuration
   * * AcquireProvider() to register a service provider already available
   * * DropProvider() to destroy an existing provider
   * 
   * The set up methods support a `For` variant (e.g. `SetupProviderFor()`) to
   * register the provider also under the type of its interface. For example,
   * if `LArPropertiesStandard` is an implementation of `LArProperties`,
   * the call:
   *     
   *     env.SetupProviderFor<LArProperties, LArPropertiesStandard>(pset);
   *     
   * will set up a `LArPropertiesStandard` provider just like
   *     
   *     env.SetupProvider<LArPropertiesStandard>(pset);
   *     
   * would, and it makes the provider available as `LArProperties` too, so that
   * both calls:
   *     
   *     env.Provider<LArProperties>();
   *     env.Provider<LArPropertiesStandard>();
   *     
   * are valid and return the same provider.
   * 
   * 
   * Use as test fixture
   * ====================
   * 
   * The providers must be set up _after_ the test environment is constructed.
   * This also means an additional complication for fixtures that require to
   * be constructed in a final state, as it is the case for Boost unit test
   * suite fixtures.
   * In these cases, a class should publicly derive from TesterEnvironment, and
   * the necessary setup should be added into the constructor of this derived
   * class.
   * 
   * Note that, as in the case of BasicTesterEnvironment, in this case there is
   * no room for polymorphism here since the setup need to happen on
   * construction.
   */
  template <typename ConfigurationClass>
  class TesterEnvironment
    : public BasicTesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>
  {
    using TesterEnvBase_t = BasicTesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>;
    using TesterEnv_t = TesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>;
    
      public:
    // inherit constructors
    using TesterEnvBase_t::TesterEnvBase_t;
    
    /**
     * @brief Sets a service provider up by calling its testing::setupProvider()
     * @tparam Prov type of provider
     * @tparam Args type of arguments for the setup function
     * @param args arguments for the setup function
     * @return a pointer to the provider set up
     * @throw runtime_error if the provider already exists
     * @see SetupProviderFor(), AcquireProvider()
     * 
     * A provider of type Prov is created, set up and recorded.
     * Provider setup is delegated to `testing::setupProvider` function specific
     * to the provider itself (that is, `testing::setupProvider<Prov>(args...)`)
     * to which the setup arguments are forwarded.
     * If the provider already exists, an exception is thrown.
     */
    template <typename Prov, typename... Args>
    Prov* SetupProvider(Args... args)
      {
        if (!providers.setup<Prov>(std::forward<Args>(args)...))
          throw std::runtime_error("Provider already exists!");
        return providers.getPointer<Prov>();
      }
    
    /**
     * @brief Sets a service provider up by calling its testing::setupProvider()
     * @tparam Prov type of provider
     * @tparam Args type of arguments for the setup function
     * @param args arguments for the setup function
     * @return a pointer to the provider set up
     * @see SetupProvider()
     * @throw runtime_error if the provider already exists
     * 
     * A provider of type Prov is created, set up and recorded.
     * Provider setup is attempted by constructing the provider with a parameter
     * set from the registered configuration of service with specified `name`.
     */
    template <typename Prov>
    Prov* SetupProviderFromService(std::string name)
      { return SetupProvider<Prov>(this->ServiceParameters(name)); }
    
    /**
     * @brief Acquires a service provider
     * @tparam Prov type of provider
     * @param prov the provider to be acquired
     * @return a pointer to the provider
     * @see SetupProvider()
     * @throw runtime_error if the provider already exists
     * 
     * This method registers and takes ownership of the specified provider.
     * It is similar to SetupProvider() except that user is in charge of the
     * preliminary creation and setup of the provider.
     */
    template <typename Prov>
    Prov* AcquireProvider(std::unique_ptr<Prov>&& prov)
      {
        if (!providers.acquire(std::move(prov)))
          throw std::runtime_error("Provider already exists!");
        return providers.getPointer<Prov>();
      }
    
    /**
     * @brief Sets a provider up, recording it as implementation of Interface
     * @tparam Interface type of provider interface being implemented
     * @tparam Prov type of provider
     * @tparam Args type of arguments for the setup function
     * @param args arguments for the setup function
     * @return a pointer to the provider set up
     * @see SetupProvider()
     * 
     * This method performs the same type of setup as SetupProvider().
     * In addition, it registers the provider as an implementation of Interface.
     * This means that the provider can be obtained not only with
     * `provider<Prov>()`, which returns a pointer to the actual class Prov,
     * but also as `provider<Interface>()`, which returns a pointer to the base
     * class Interface.
     */
    template <typename Interface, typename Prov, typename... Args>
    Prov* SetupProviderFor(Args... args)
      {
        auto prov = SetupProvider<Prov>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
        providers.set_alias<Prov, Interface>();
        return prov;
      }
    
    /**
     * @brief Sets a provider up, recording it as implementation of Interface
     * @tparam Interface type of provider interface being implemented
     * @tparam Prov type of provider
     * @tparam Args type of arguments for the setup function
     * @param args arguments for the setup function
     * @return a pointer to the provider set up
     * @see SetupProviderFromService(), SetupProviderFor()
     * @throw runtime_error if the provider already exists
     * 
     * This method performs the same type of setup as
     * SetupProviderFromService().
     * In addition, it registers the provider as an implementation of Interface.
     * This means that the provider can be obtained not only with
     * `provider<Prov>()`, which returns a pointer to the actual class Prov,
     * but also as `provider<Interface>()`, which returns a pointer to the base
     * class Interface.
     */
    template <typename Interface, typename Prov>
    Prov* SetupProviderFromServiceFor(std::string name)
      {
        auto prov = SetupProviderFromService<Prov>(name);
        providers.set_alias<Prov, Interface>();
        return prov;
      }
    
    /**
     * @brief Acquires a service provider implementing an interface
     * @tparam Prov type of provider
     * @tparam Interface type provider alias
     * @param prov the provider to be acquired
     * @return a pointer to the provider
     * @see SetupProviderFor(), AcquireProvider()
     * 
     * This method registers and takes ownership of the specified provider,
     * like AcquireProvider() does. It also registers the provider as an
     * implementation of Interface class, as SetupProviderFor does.
     * It is similar to SetupProvider() except that user is in charge of the
     * preliminar creation and setup of the provider.
     */
    template <typename Interface, typename Prov>
    Prov* AcquireProviderFor(std::unique_ptr<Prov>&& prov)
      {
        auto prov_ptr = providers.acquire(prov);
        providers.set_alias<Prov, Interface>();
        return prov_ptr;
      }
    
    /**
     * @brief Oversimplified provider setup
     * @return a pointer to the provider
     * @tparam Prov provider type
     * 
     * This is a one-step setup of the specified provider.
     * 
     * It is available only if Prov provider comes with an implementation of
     * testing::SimpleEnvironmentSetupClass that explains how to set up an
     * environment.
     * 
     */
    template <typename Prov>
    Prov* SimpleProviderSetup() { return simpleEnvironmentSetup<Prov>(*this); }

    /**
     * @brief Removes and destroys the specified provider
     * @tparam Prov type of provider to be destroyed
     * @throw runtime_error if the provider was not present
     */
    template <typename Prov>
    void DropProvider()
      { 
        if (!providers.erase<Prov>())
          throw std::runtime_error("Provider not present!");
      }
    
    /// Return the specified provider (throws if not available)
    template <typename Prov>
    Prov const* Provider() const
      { return providers.getPointer<Prov>(); }
    
    /**
     * @brief Fills the specified provider pack with providers
     * @throw runtime_error and everything provider() method can throw
     * @see Provider()
     */
    template <typename... Provs>
    void FillProviderPack(gar::ProviderPack<Provs...>& pack) const
      {
         details::ProviderPackFiller
           <TesterEnv_t, gar::ProviderPack<Provs...>, Provs...>
           ::fill
           (*this, pack);
      } // FillProviderPack()
    
    
    /**
     * @brief Returns a provider pack for the specified provider
     * @tparam Prov type of the provider
     * @throw runtime_error and everything provider() method can throw
     * @see FillProviderPack()
     * 
     * The provider is required to have a `providers_type` type defined as an
     * specialisation of gar::ProviderPack.
     */
    template <typename Prov>
    typename Prov::providers_type ProviderPackFor() const
      {
         typename Prov::providers_type pack;
         FillProviderPack(pack);
         return pack;
      } // ProviderPackFor()
    
    
      protected:
    ProviderList providers; ///< list of available providers
  }; // class TesterEnvironment<>
  
  
  
  /**
   * @brief Constructs and returns a TesterEnvironment object
   * @tparam CONFIG type of configuration object (detected from arguments)
   * @tparam TESTENV type of the tester environment (default: TesterEnvironment)
   * @tparam ARGS pack of types of the remining constructor arguments (optional)
   * @param config the configuration object to be used
   * @param other_args the remaining arguments of the tester constructor
   *  
   * This function creates and returns a tester environment.
   * By default, the tester environment class is TesterEnvironment<CONFIG>
   * and no additional constructor arguments are needed except for special
   * needs. The simplest way to use the function with an already available
   * configuration is:
   *     
   *    auto TestEnv = testing::CreateTesterEnvironment(config); 
   *     
   * where TestEnv is assigned a specialization of TesterEnvironment.
   * 
   * The template class TESTENV undergoes the following requirement:
   * 
   *  - it must have a constructor using a CONFIG constant reference as first
   *    argument
   * 
   * The CONFIG object is subject to no special requirements besides the ones
   * from TESTENV constructor.
   */
  // Note: this function is expected to be used with automatic type detection;
  // the rules on "universal references" dictate that if config is a (l-value)
  // reference, CONFIG itself is a l-value reference. We don't want to create
  // a TesterEnvironment<Config&>, so we explicitly remove the reference from
  // CONFIG (decay does that and aso removes the constantness, that we also
  // don't want to be embedded in CONFIG).
  template <
    typename CONFIG,
    typename TESTENV = TesterEnvironment<std::decay_t<CONFIG>>,
    typename... ARGS
    >
  TESTENV CreateTesterEnvironment(CONFIG&& config, ARGS... other_args)
    {
      return TESTENV
        (std::forward<CONFIG>(config), std::forward<ARGS>(other_args)...);
    }
  
  
  
  //****************************************************************************
  namespace details {
    // Class to implement FHiCL file search.
    // This is badly ripped off from ART, but we need to stay out of it
    // so I have to replicate that functionality.
    // I used the same class name.
    class FirstAbsoluteOrLookupWithDotPolicy: public cet::filepath_maker {
        public:
      FirstAbsoluteOrLookupWithDotPolicy(std::string const& paths):
        first(true), after_paths(paths)
        {}
      
      virtual std::string operator() (std::string const& filename);
      
      void reset() { first = true; }
      
        private:
      bool first; ///< whether we are waiting for the first query
      cet::search_path after_paths; ///< path for the other queries
      
    }; // class FirstAbsoluteOrLookupWithDotPolicy
  
  
    std::string FirstAbsoluteOrLookupWithDotPolicy::operator()
      (std::string const &filename)
    {
      if (first) {
        first = false;
        if (cet::is_absolute_filepath(filename)) return filename;
        return cet::search_path("./:" + after_paths.to_string())
          .find_file(filename);
      } else {
        return after_paths.find_file(filename);
      }
    } // FirstAbsoluteOrLookupWithDotPolicy::operator()
    
    
    /// Helper to fill a provider pack: main specialisation
    template
      <typename TestEnv, typename Pack, typename Prov, typename... Others>
    struct ProviderPackFiller<TestEnv, Pack, Prov, Others...> {
      static void fill(TestEnv const& env, Pack& pack)
        {
          pack.set(env.template Provider<Prov>());
          ProviderPackFiller<TestEnv, Pack, Others...>::fill(env, pack);
        } // fill()
      
    }; // ProviderPackFiller<TestEnv, Pack, Prov, Others...>
    
    // end-of-recursion specialisation
    template <typename TestEnv, typename Pack>
    struct ProviderPackFiller<TestEnv, Pack> {
      static void fill(TestEnv const&, Pack&) {}
    }; // ProviderPackFiller<>
    
    
  } // namespace details
  
  
  //****************************************************************************
  template <typename ConfigurationClass>
  BasicTesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>::~BasicTesterEnvironment() {
    
    mf::LogInfo("Test") << config.ApplicationName() << " completed.";
    
  } // BasicTesterEnvironment<>::~BasicTesterEnvironment()
  
  
  /** **************************************************************************
   * @brief Compiles a parameter set from a string
   * @return a parameters set with the complete configuration
   */
  template <typename ConfigurationClass>
  fhicl::ParameterSet
  BasicTesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>::CompileParameterSet
    (std::string cfg)
  {
    //fhicl::ParameterSet global_pset;
    //fhicl::make_ParameterSet(cfg, global_pset);
    auto global_pset = fhicl::ParameterSet::make(cfg);
    return global_pset;
  } // BasicTesterEnvironment<>::CompileParameterSet()
  
  
  /** **************************************************************************
   * @brief Returns the configuration from a FHiCL file
   * @param config_path full path of the FHiCL configuration file
   * @return a parameters set with the complete configuration from the file
   */
  template <typename ConfigurationClass>
  fhicl::ParameterSet
  BasicTesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>::ParseParameters
    (std::string config_path)
  {
    // configuration file lookup policy
    char const* fhicl_env = getenv("FHICL_FILE_PATH");
    std::string search_path = fhicl_env? std::string(fhicl_env) + ":": ".:";
    details::FirstAbsoluteOrLookupWithDotPolicy policy(search_path);
    
    // parse a configuration file; obtain intermediate form
    //fhicl::intermediate_table table;
    //fhicl::parse_document(config_path, policy, table);
    // idiom for art 3.0.9
    auto table = fhicl::parse_document(config_path, policy);
    
    // translate into a parameter set
    //fhicl::ParameterSet global_pset;
    //fhicl::make_ParameterSet(table, global_pset);
    auto global_pset = fhicl::ParameterSet::make(table);

    return global_pset;
  } // BasicTesterEnvironment<>::ParseParameters()
  
  
  /** **************************************************************************
   * @brief Fills the configuration
   * 
   * The complete configuration (message facility and services) is read and
   * saved, hence accessible by Parameters() method.
   * 
   * The configuration file path is taken by default from the first argument
   * of the test.
   * If that first argument is not present or empty, the default configuration
   * path is received from the configurer.
   * If the configuration path is still empty, a hard-coded configuration
   * is used; otherwise, the FHiCL file specified in that path is parsed and
   * used as full configuration.
   */
  template <typename ConfigurationClass>
  void BasicTesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>::Configure() {
    std::string config_path = config.ConfigurationPath();
    params = config_path.empty()?
      DefaultParameters(): ParseParameters(config_path);
  } // BasicTesterEnvironment::Configure()
  
  
  /** **************************************************************************
   * @brief Sets the message facility up
   * 
   * Message facility configuration is expected in "services.message" parameter
   * set. If not there, the default configuration is used.
   */
  template <typename ConfigurationClass>
  void BasicTesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>::SetupMessageFacility
    (fhicl::ParameterSet const& pset, std::string /* appl_name  = "" */) const
  {
    fhicl::ParameterSet mf_pset;
    
    if
      (!pset.get_if_present(config.ServiceParameterSetPath("message"), mf_pset))
    {
      mf_pset
        = CompileParameterSet(config.DefaultServiceConfiguration("message"));
      std::cout << "Using default message facility configuration:\n"
        << mf_pset.to_indented_string(1) << std::endl;
    } // if no configuration is available
    
    //mf::StartMessageFacility(mf::MessageFacilityService::SingleThread, mf_pset);
    //if (!appl_name.empty()) mf::SetApplicationName(appl_name);
    //mf::SetContext("Initialization");
  //  mf::LogProblem("MessageFacility") << "Error messages are shown.";
  //  mf::LogPrint("MessageFacility") << "Warning messages are shown.";
  //  mf::LogVerbatim("MessageFacility") << "Info messages are shown.";
  //  mf::LogTrace("MessageFacility") << "Debug messages are shown.";
  //  LOG_TRACE("MessageFacility")
  //    << "LOG_TRACE/LOG_DEBUG messages are not compiled away.";

    //mf::LogInfo("MessageFacility") << "MessageFacility started.";
    //mf::SetModuleName("main");

  } // BasicTesterEnvironment::SetupMessageFacility()
  
  
  
  template <typename ConfigurationClass>
  void BasicTesterEnvironment<ConfigurationClass>::Setup(
  ) {
    
    //
    // get the configuration
    //
    Configure();
    
    //
    // set up the message facility
    //
    SetupMessageFacility();
    
    //
    // Optionally print the configuration
    //
    {
      mf::LogInfo msg("Configuration");
      msg << "Complete configuration (";
      if (config.ConfigurationPath().empty()) msg << "default";
      else msg << "'" << config.ConfigurationPath() << "'";
      msg << "):\n" << Parameters().to_indented_string(1);
    }
    
    
    mf::LogInfo("Test") << config.ApplicationName() << " base setup complete.";
    
  } // BasicTesterEnvironment<>::Setup()
  
  
} // namespace testing

#endif // TEST_UNIT_TEST_BASE_H