Contract tests for resource types - Extension Development for CloudFormation
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Contract tests for resource types

As part of testing your resource, the CloudFormation CLI performs a suite of tests, each written to test a requirement contained in the resource type handler contract. Each handler invocation is expected to follow the general requirements for that handler listed in the contract. This topic lists tests that explicitly test some more specific requirements.

create handler tests

The CloudFormation CLI performs the following contract tests for create handlers.

Test Description

contract_create_create

Creates a resource, waits for the resource creation to complete, and then creates the resource again with the expectation that the second create operation will fail with the AlreadyExists error code. This test isn't run for resources if the primary identifier or any additional identifiers are read-only.

contract_create_read

Creates a resource, waits for the resource creation to complete, and then reads the created resource to ensure that the input to the create handler is equal to the output from the read handler. The comparison ignores any read-only/generated properties in the read output, as create input can't specify these. It also ignores any write-only properties in the create input, as these are removed from read output to avoid security issues.

contract_create_delete

Creates a resource, waits for the resource creation to complete, and then deletes the created resource. It also checks if the create input is equal to the create output (which is then used for delete input), with the exception of readOnly and writeOnly properties.

contract_create_list

Creates a resource, waits for the resource creation to complete, and then lists out the resources with the expectation that the created resource exists in the returned list.

update handler tests

The CloudFormation CLI performs the following contract tests for update handlers.

Test Description

contract_update_read

Creates a resource, updates the resource, and then reads the resource to check that the update was made by comparing the read output with the update input. The comparison excludes read-only and write-only properties because they can't be included in the update input and read output, respectively.

contract_update_list

Creates a resource, updates the resource, and then lists the resource to check that the updated resource exists in the returned list.

contract_update_without_create

Updates a resource without creating it first. The test expects the update operation to fail with the NotFound error code.

delete handler tests

The CloudFormation CLI performs the following contract tests for delete handlers.

Test Description

contract_delete_create

Creates a resource, deletes the resource, and then creates the resource again with the expectation that the deletion was successful and a new resource can be created. The CloudFormation CLI performs this contract test for resources with create-only primary identifiers.

contract_delete_update

Creates a resource, deletes the resource, and then updates the resource with the expectation that the update operation will fail with the NotFound error code.

contract_delete_read

Creates a resource, deletes the resource, and then reads the resource with the expectation that the read operation will fail with the NotFound error code.

contract_delete_list

Creates a resource, deletes the resource, and then lists the resource with the expectation that the returned list doesn't contain the deleted resource.

contract_delete_delete

Creates a resource, deletes the resource, and then deletes the resource again with the expectation that the second delete operation will fail with the NotFound error code.