Re #7218. Try to make tests more robust to slow thread startup.

mantidproject · Jun 4, 2013 · e1f19e7 · e1f19e7
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commit e1f19e7
Showing 1 changed file with 12 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/MonitorLiveDataTest.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/MonitorLiveDataTest.h
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ class MonitorLiveDataTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
   {
     IAlgorithm_sptr alg1 = makeAlgo("fake1");
     Poco::ActiveResult<bool> res1 = alg1->executeAsync();
-    Poco::Thread::sleep(100); // give it some time to start
+    while ( !alg1->isRunning() )
+    {
+      Poco::Thread::sleep(10); // give it some time to start
+    }
 
     // This algorithm dies because another thread has the same output
     boost::shared_ptr<MonitorLiveData> alg2 = makeAlgo("fake1");
@@ -97,7 +100,10 @@ class MonitorLiveDataTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
   {
     IAlgorithm_sptr alg1 = makeAlgo("fake1", "accum1");
     Poco::ActiveResult<bool> res1 = alg1->executeAsync();
-    Poco::Thread::sleep(100); // give it some time to start
+    while ( !alg1->isRunning() )
+    {
+      Poco::Thread::sleep(10); // give it some time to start
+    }
 
     // This algorithm dies because another thread has the same output
     boost::shared_ptr<MonitorLiveData> alg2 = makeAlgo("fake2", "accum1");
@@ -114,7 +120,10 @@ class MonitorLiveDataTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
     // Start and stop one algorithm
     IAlgorithm_sptr alg1 = makeAlgo("fake1");
     Poco::ActiveResult<bool> res1 = alg1->executeAsync();
-    Poco::Thread::sleep(100); // give it some time to start
+    while ( !alg1->isRunning() )
+    {
+      Poco::Thread::sleep(10); // give it some time to start
+    }
     alg1->cancel();
     res1.wait(10000);