test: Improving conftest.py so that local configuration is handled

doc/changelog.d/187.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test: Improving `conftest.py` so that local configuration is handled

src/ansys/sound/core/examples_helpers/__init__.py

@@ -24,21 +24,6 @@
 
 Helper functions for managing the PyAnsys Sound example files.
 """
-
-from ._get_example_files import (
-    get_absolute_path_for_accel_with_rpm_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_fluctuating_noise_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_fluctuating_tone_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_flute2_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_flute_psd_txt,
-    get_absolute_path_for_flute_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_rough_noise_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_rough_tone_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_sharp_noise_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_sharper_noise_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_xtract_demo_signal_1_wav,
-    get_absolute_path_for_xtract_demo_signal_2_wav,
-)
 from .download import (
     download_accel_with_rpm_2_wav,
     download_accel_with_rpm_3_wav,
@@ -51,18 +36,6 @@
 )
 
 __all__ = (
-    "get_absolute_path_for_accel_with_rpm_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_flute2_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_flute_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_sharp_noise_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_sharper_noise_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_rough_noise_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_rough_tone_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_fluctuating_noise_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_fluctuating_tone_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_xtract_demo_signal_1_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_xtract_demo_signal_2_wav",
-    "get_absolute_path_for_flute_psd_txt",
     "download_flute_psd",
     "download_flute_wav",
     "download_flute_2_wav",

src/ansys/sound/core/server_helpers/_connect_to_or_start_server.py

@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 
 from ansys.dpf.core import (
     LicenseContextManager,
+    ServerConfig,
     connect_to_server,
     load_library,
+    server_factory,
     start_local_server,
 )
 
@@ -86,7 +88,10 @@ def connect_to_or_start_server(
             **connect_kwargs,
         )
     else:  # pragma: no cover
-        server = start_local_server(ansys_path=ansys_path)
+        grpc_config = ServerConfig(
+            protocol=server_factory.CommunicationProtocols.gRPC, legacy=False
+        )
+        server = start_local_server(config=grpc_config, ansys_path=ansys_path, as_global=True)
         full_path_dll = os.path.join(server.ansys_path, "Acoustics\\SAS\\ads\\")
 
     required_version = "8.0"

src/ansys/sound/core/sound_composer/source_control_spectrum.py

@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ def method(self) -> int:
     def method(self, method: int):
         """Set the sound generation method."""
         if method not in [m.value for m in SpectrumSynthesisMethods]:
+            available_methods = "\n".join(f"{m.value}: {m.name}" for m in SpectrumSynthesisMethods)
             raise PyAnsysSoundException(
-                "Method must be an integer. Available options are:"
-                f"{"".join(list(f"\n{m.value}: {m.name}" for m in SpectrumSynthesisMethods))}"
+                "Method must be an integer. Available options are:\n" + available_methods
             )
         self.__method = method