More robust Meta Object

Controls name attribute is str type

diff --git a/sima/lib/meta.py b/sima/lib/meta.py
index 069a904c8ec587079fcc13bbf3ef002c791d7961..2877b2fa833f7239d392c8cee9c110119360412d 100644 (file)
--- a/sima/lib/meta.py
+++ b/sima/lib/meta.py
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ class Meta:
         self.__aliases = set()
         self.log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         if 'name' not in kwargs or not kwargs.get('name'):
-            raise MetaException('Need a "name" argument')
+            raise MetaException('Need a "name" argument (str type)')
+        elif not isinstance(kwargs.get('name'), str):
+            raise MetaException('"name" argument not a string')
         else:
             self.__name = kwargs.pop('name')
         if 'mbid' in kwargs and kwargs.get('mbid'):

diff --git a/tests/test_meta.py b/tests/test_meta.py
index acdec389fad3c230a39f2496951ebdc9ecf6eb10..a615a18e84279034f7dc574fc61502c78af9056a 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/test_meta.py
+++ b/tests/test_meta.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class TestMetaObject(unittest.TestCase):
         for args in [
                 {'mbid':VALID},
                 {'name': None},
-                {},
+                {'name': 42},
                 ]:
             with self.assertRaises(MetaException,
                                    msg='{} does not raise an except.'.format(args)):