toggle switch for automatic deletion

tests/islandora_web_test_case.inc

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ class IslandoraWebTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
    */
   protected $users = array();
 
+  /**
+   * By default, deleteUserCreatedObjects() runs on each tearDown() step.
+   */
+  protected $delete_objects_on_teardown = TRUE;
+
   /**
    * Sets up the Drupal filter to access this test Drupal instances database.
    *
@@ -160,12 +165,18 @@ class IslandoraWebTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
   /**
    * Restores the original Drupal filter, frees any allocated resources.
    *
+   * To safeguard against leaving test objects in the repository, tearDown()
+   * calls deleteUserCreatedObjects() every time by default. This feature can be
+   * toggled by setting $this->delete_objects_on_teardown to TRUE or FALSE.
+   *
    * @see DrupalWebTestCase::tearDown()
    */
   public function tearDown() {
+    if ($this->delete_objects_on_teardown) {
       foreach ($this->users as $user) {
         $this->deleteUserCreatedObjects($user);
       }
+    }
     if ($this->configuration['use_drupal_filter']) {
       $this->restoreDrupalFilter();
     }
@@ -397,6 +408,10 @@ class IslandoraWebTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
   /**
    * Deletes all objects created by the given user.
    *
+   * To safeguard against leaving test objects in the repository, this is called
+   * each time DrupalTestCase::run() calls tearDown(). This feature can be
+   * toggled by setting $this->delete_objects_on_teardown to TRUE or FALSE.
+   *
    * @param object $username
    *   The user whose objects we'd like to remove.
    *