Merge pull request #610 from LukasVik/get_simulator_name

Add get_simulator_name() to ui

tests/unit/test_ui.py

@@ -1193,6 +1193,10 @@ def test_get_testbench_files(self):
             sorted(expected, key=lambda x: x.name),
         )
 
+    def test_get_simulator_name(self):
+        ui = self._create_ui()
+        self.assertEqual(ui.get_simulator_name(), "mock")
+
     def _create_ui(self, *args):
         """ Create an instance of the VUnit public interface class """
         with mock.patch(

vunit/ui/__init__.py

@@ -1049,3 +1049,13 @@ def get_implementation_subset(self, source_files):
                 for source_file in source_files
             ]
         )
+
+    def get_simulator_name(self):
+        """
+        Get the name of the simulator used.
+
+        Will return None if no simulator was found.
+        """
+        if self._simulator_class is None:
+            return None
+        return self._simulator_class.name