Merge pull request #1 from JuliaSprenger/lkoelman-lkmn-dev

add test for single spike in matlabio

neo/test/iotest/test_neomatlabio.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 import unittest
 
+import quantities as pq
+from neo import Block, Segment, SpikeTrain
 from neo.test.iotest.common_io_test import BaseTestIO
 from neo.io.neomatlabio import NeoMatlabIO, HAVE_SCIPY
 
@@ -19,5 +21,25 @@ class TestNeoMatlabIO(BaseTestIO, unittest.TestCase):
     files_to_download = []
 
 
+    def test_write_read_single_spike(self):
+        block1 = Block()
+        seg = Segment('segment1')
+        spiketrain = SpikeTrain([1]*pq.s, t_stop=10*pq.s, sampling_rate=1*pq.Hz)
+        block1.segments.append(seg)
+        seg.spiketrains.append(spiketrain)
+
+        # write block
+        filename = BaseTestIO.get_filename_path(self, 'matlabiotestfile.mat')
+        io1 = self.ioclass(filename)
+        io1.write_block(block1)
+
+        # read block
+        io2 = self.ioclass(filename)
+        block2 = io2.read_block()
+
+        self.assertEqual(block1.segments[0].spiketrains[0],
+                         block2.segments[0].spiketrains[0])
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()