Added unit test to check that the DirWatcher class initialises as expected

Author: tieneupin

tests/client/test_watchdir.py

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+import os
+import queue
+import threading
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from murfey.client.watchdir import DirWatcher
+from tests.conftest import ExampleVisit
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def visit_dir(tmp_path: Path):
+    visit_name = f"{ExampleVisit.proposal_code}{ExampleVisit.proposal_number}-{ExampleVisit.visit_number}"
+    visit_dir = tmp_path / "data" / "2025" / visit_name
+    visit_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return visit_dir
+
+
+def test_dirwatcher_initialises(visit_dir: Path):
+    # Check that the DirWatcher initialises with the default attributes
+    watcher = DirWatcher(path=str(visit_dir))
+    assert watcher._basepath == os.fspath(visit_dir)
+    assert watcher._lastscan == {}
+    assert watcher._file_candidates == {}
+    assert watcher._statusbar is None
+    assert watcher.settling_time == 60
+    assert watcher._appearance_time is None
+    assert watcher._substrings_blacklist == {}
+    assert watcher._transfer_all is True
+    assert watcher._modification_overwrite is None
+    assert isinstance(watcher._init_time, float)
+    assert isinstance(watcher.queue, queue.Queue)
+    assert isinstance(watcher.thread, threading.Thread)
+    assert watcher._stopping is False
+    assert watcher._halt_thread is False
+
+    # Check that the string representation is as expected
+    assert str(watcher) == f"<DirWatcher ({os.fspath(str(visit_dir))})>"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip
+def test_scan_directory():
+    pass