pyshould test-case to handle exceptions using Python 2.6

gistfile1.py

import unittest
from pyshould import should


class ExceptionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
    """ Simple tests for exception assertions """

    def test_expect_throw_non_empty_constructor_exception(self):
        with should.throw(NonEmptyConstructorException):
            raise NonEmptyConstructorException([])

    def test_expect_throw_str_exceptions(self):
        with should.throw(KeyError):
            raise KeyError()

        with should.throw(KeyError):
            object = {}
            item = object['non-existing-key']


class NonEmptyConstructorException(Exception):

    parameter = []

    @property
    def text(self):
        return self.parameter

    def __init__(self, parameter, message=None):
        if parameter is None:
            raise TypeError("parameter could not be None")

        self.parameter = parameter
        self.message = message

    def __str__(self):
        return unicode(self).encode('utf-8')

    def __unicode__(self):
        return 'Missing fields: %s' % (self.parameter)


if __name__ in ('main', '__main__'):
    unittest.main()