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+# ==================================================================================
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Nokia
+# Copyright (c) 2020 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ==================================================================================
+[tox]
+envlist = py37,flake8
+# ,docs,docs-linkcheck
+minversion = 2.0
+
+[testenv]
+basepython = python3.7
+deps=
+ pytest
+ coverage
+ pytest-cov
+setenv =
+ LD_LIBRARY_PATH = /usr/local/lib/:/usr/local/lib64
+
+commands =
+ pytest --junitxml xunit-results.xml --cov ricxappframe --cov-report xml --cov-report term-missing --cov-report html --cov-fail-under=50
+ coverage xml -i
+
+[testenv:flake8]
+basepython = python3.7
+skip_install = true
+deps = flake8
+commands = flake8 setup.py ricxappframe tests
+
+[flake8]
+extend-ignore = E501,E741,E731
+
+# verbatim as asked for by the docs instructions: https://wiki.o-ran-sc.org/display/DOC/Configure+Repo+for+Documentation
+# [testenv:docs]
+# basepython = python3.7
+# deps =
+# sphinx
+# sphinx-rtd-theme
+# sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
+# recommonmark
+# lfdocs-conf
+
+#commands =
+# sphinx-build -W -b html -n -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees ./docs/ {toxinidir}/docs/_build/html
+# echo "Generated docs available in {toxinidir}/docs/_build/html"
+#whitelist_externals = echo
+
+#[testenv:docs-linkcheck]
+#basepython = python3.7
+#deps = sphinx
+# sphinx-rtd-theme
+# sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
+# recommonmark
+# lfdocs-conf
+#commands = sphinx-build -W -b linkcheck -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees ./docs/ {toxinidir}/docs/_build/linkcheck