Add skeleton structs

.cspell.json

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     "golangci",
     "goreleaser",
     "libc",
-    "wagoid"
+    "wagoid",
+    "ipmitool"
   ],
   "ignoreWords": [],
   "version": "0.2"

main.go

@@ -5,10 +5,44 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/9elements/bmc-test-go/pkg/testcase"
 )
 
 const bmcTestGoVersion = "v0.0.0"
 
+func printResult(name string, result testcase.Result) {
+	fmt.Printf("TEST [%s][%s]:", name, result.Name)
+
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		fmt.Printf(" Error: %v", result.Error)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf(" PASS")
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println()
+}
+
+func printResults(test testcase.Test) {
+	for _, r := range test.Results {
+		printResult(test.Name, r)
+	}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	fmt.Println(bmcTestGoVersion)
+
+	result1 := testcase.Result{Name: "step 1", Error: nil}
+	result2 := testcase.Result{Name: "step 2", Error: nil}
+
+	test := testcase.Test{
+		Name:        "nop test",
+		Description: "showcasing how to use the structs",
+		Function: func(_ testcase.Config) []testcase.Result {
+			return []testcase.Result{result1, result2}
+		},
+		Results: []testcase.Result{result1, result2},
+	}
+
+	printResults(test)
 }

pkg/testcase/testcase.go

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Package testcase implements the common structs used for defining
+// testcases.
+package testcase
+
+// Config struct is used to pass arbitrary information into the tests
+// such as IP address, expected FRU content, expected sensors
+type Config struct {
+	Host     string
+	Username string
+	Password string
+
+	// ... to be extended
+}
+
+// Result struct is used for returning test results from running a test
+type Result struct {
+	// what was tested
+	Name string
+
+	// != nil in case something went wrong,
+	// this should contain a descriptive string for the logs.
+	// e.g. "while running command X, expected A but output was B'
+	Error error
+
+	// to store stdout/stderr from a command, if any
+	Output string
+}
+
+// Test struct is used to define a test which can return one or more results
+type Test struct {
+	// e.g. "IPMI Sensor"
+	Name string
+
+	// e.g. "Testing the 'ipmitool sensor' output
+	Description string
+
+	Function func(tc Config) []Result
+
+	Results []Result
+}