Context manager for IPC available, but not mandatory.

pyrasite/ipc.py

@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ def __init__(self, pid):
         self.hostname = None
         self.port = None
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.connect()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.close()
+
     @property
     def title(self):
         if not getattr(self, '_title', None):

pyrasite/tests/test_ipc.py

@@ -16,12 +16,43 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
 
 import os
+import sys
 import unittest
 
 import pyrasite
 from pyrasite.tests.utils import run_program, generate_program, stop_program
 
 
+class TestIPCContextManager(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.prog = generate_program()
+        self.p = run_program(self.prog)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        stop_program(self.p)
+
+    def test_context_manager(self):
+
+        # Check that we're on a version of python that
+        # supports context managers
+        info = sys.version_info
+        major, minor = info[0], info[1]
+        if major <= 2 and minor <= 5:
+            self.skipTest("Context Managers not supported on Python<=2.5")
+
+        # Check that the context manager injects ipc correctly.
+        with pyrasite.PyrasiteIPC(self.p.pid) as ipc:
+            assert ipc.cmd('print("mu")') == 'mu\n'
+
+        # Check that the context manager closes the ipc correctly.
+        try:
+            ipc.cmd('print("mu")')
+            assert False, "The connection was not closed."
+        except IOError as e:
+            assert "Bad file descriptor" in str(e)
+
+
 class TestIPC(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):