[v6,2/9] dts: add TestSuiteSpec class and discovery

diff --git a/dts/framework/runner.py b/dts/framework/runner.py
index 8bbe698eaf..195622c653 100644
--- a/dts/framework/runner.py
+++ b/dts/framework/runner.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@  def _get_test_suites_with_cases(
         for test_suite_config in test_suite_configs:
             test_suite_class = self._get_test_suite_class(test_suite_config.test_suite)
             test_cases: list[type[TestCase]] = []
-            func_test_cases, perf_test_cases = test_suite_class.get_test_cases(
+            func_test_cases, perf_test_cases = test_suite_class.filter_test_cases(
                 test_suite_config.test_cases
             )
             if func:
diff --git a/dts/framework/test_suite.py b/dts/framework/test_suite.py
index cbe3b30ffc..fb5d646ce3 100644
--- a/dts/framework/test_suite.py
+++ b/dts/framework/test_suite.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
 # Copyright(c) 2023 PANTHEON.tech s.r.o.
+# Copyright(c) 2024 Arm Limited
 
 """Features common to all test suites.
 
@@ -16,13 +17,19 @@ 
 import inspect
 from collections import Counter
 from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum, auto
+from functools import cached_property
+from importlib import import_module
 from ipaddress import IPv4Interface, IPv6Interface, ip_interface
+from pkgutil import iter_modules
+from types import ModuleType
 from typing import ClassVar, Protocol, TypeVar, Union, cast
 
 from scapy.layers.inet import IP  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from scapy.layers.l2 import Ether  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from scapy.packet import Packet, Padding, raw  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+from typing_extensions import Self
 
 from framework.testbed_model.capability import TestProtocol
 from framework.testbed_model.port import Port
@@ -33,9 +40,9 @@ 
     PacketFilteringConfig,
 )
 
-from .exception import ConfigurationError, TestCaseVerifyError
+from .exception import ConfigurationError, InternalError, TestCaseVerifyError
 from .logger import DTSLogger, get_dts_logger
-from .utils import get_packet_summaries
+from .utils import get_packet_summaries, to_pascal_case
 
 
 class TestSuite(TestProtocol):
@@ -112,10 +119,24 @@  def __init__(
         self._tg_ip_address_ingress = ip_interface("192.168.101.3/24")
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_test_cases(
+    def get_test_cases(cls) -> list[type["TestCase"]]:
+        """A list of all the available test cases."""
+
+        def is_test_case(function: Callable) -> bool:
+            if inspect.isfunction(function):
+                # TestCase is not used at runtime, so we can't use isinstance() with `function`.
+                # But function.test_type exists.
+                if hasattr(function, "test_type"):
+                    return isinstance(function.test_type, TestCaseType)
+            return False
+
+        return [test_case for _, test_case in inspect.getmembers(cls, is_test_case)]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def filter_test_cases(
         cls, test_case_sublist: Sequence[str] | None = None
     ) -> tuple[set[type["TestCase"]], set[type["TestCase"]]]:
-        """Filter `test_case_subset` from this class.
+        """Filter `test_case_sublist` from this class.
 
         Test cases are regular (or bound) methods decorated with :func:`func_test`
         or :func:`perf_test`.
@@ -129,17 +150,8 @@  def get_test_cases(
             as methods are bound to instances and this method only has access to the class.
 
         Raises:
-            ConfigurationError: If a test case from `test_case_subset` is not found.
+            ConfigurationError: If a test case from `test_case_sublist` is not found.
         """
-
-        def is_test_case(function: Callable) -> bool:
-            if inspect.isfunction(function):
-                # TestCase is not used at runtime, so we can't use isinstance() with `function`.
-                # But function.test_type exists.
-                if hasattr(function, "test_type"):
-                    return isinstance(function.test_type, TestCaseType)
-            return False
-
         if test_case_sublist is None:
             test_case_sublist = []
 
@@ -149,22 +161,22 @@  def is_test_case(function: Callable) -> bool:
         func_test_cases = set()
         perf_test_cases = set()
 
-        for test_case_name, test_case_function in inspect.getmembers(cls, is_test_case):
-            if test_case_name in test_case_sublist_copy:
+        for test_case in cls.get_test_cases():
+            if test_case.name in test_case_sublist_copy:
                 # if test_case_sublist_copy is non-empty, remove the found test case
                 # so that we can look at the remainder at the end
-                test_case_sublist_copy.remove(test_case_name)
+                test_case_sublist_copy.remove(test_case.name)
             elif test_case_sublist:
                 # the original list not being empty means we're filtering test cases
-                # since we didn't remove test_case_name in the previous branch,
+                # since we didn't remove test_case.name in the previous branch,
                 # it doesn't match the filter and we don't want to remove it
                 continue
 
-            match test_case_function.test_type:
+            match test_case.test_type:
                 case TestCaseType.PERFORMANCE:
-                    perf_test_cases.add(test_case_function)
+                    perf_test_cases.add(test_case)
                 case TestCaseType.FUNCTIONAL:
-                    func_test_cases.add(test_case_function)
+                    func_test_cases.add(test_case)
 
         if test_case_sublist_copy:
             raise ConfigurationError(
@@ -536,6 +548,8 @@  class TestCase(TestProtocol, Protocol[TestSuiteMethodType]):
     test case function to :class:`TestCase` and sets common variables.
     """
 
+    #:
+    name: ClassVar[str]
     #:
     test_type: ClassVar[TestCaseType]
     #: necessary for mypy so that it can treat this class as the function it's shadowing
@@ -560,6 +574,7 @@  def make_decorator(
 
         def _decorator(func: TestSuiteMethodType) -> type[TestCase]:
             test_case = cast(type[TestCase], func)
+            test_case.name = func.__name__
             test_case.skip = cls.skip
             test_case.skip_reason = cls.skip_reason
             test_case.required_capabilities = set()
@@ -575,3 +590,136 @@  def _decorator(func: TestSuiteMethodType) -> type[TestCase]:
 func_test: Callable = TestCase.make_decorator(TestCaseType.FUNCTIONAL)
 #: The decorator for performance test cases.
 perf_test: Callable = TestCase.make_decorator(TestCaseType.PERFORMANCE)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TestSuiteSpec:
+    """A class defining the specification of a test suite.
+
+    Apart from defining all the specs of a test suite, a helper function :meth:`discover_all` is
+    provided to automatically discover all the available test suites.
+
+    Attributes:
+        module_name: The name of the test suite's module.
+    """
+
+    #:
+    TEST_SUITES_PACKAGE_NAME = "tests"
+    #:
+    TEST_SUITE_MODULE_PREFIX = "TestSuite_"
+    #:
+    TEST_SUITE_CLASS_PREFIX = "Test"
+    #:
+    TEST_CASE_METHOD_PREFIX = "test_"
+    #:
+    FUNC_TEST_CASE_REGEX = r"test_(?!perf_)"
+    #:
+    PERF_TEST_CASE_REGEX = r"test_perf_"
+
+    module_name: str
+
+    @cached_property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        """The name of the test suite's module."""
+        return self.module_name[len(self.TEST_SUITE_MODULE_PREFIX) :]
+
+    @cached_property
+    def module(self) -> ModuleType:
+        """A reference to the test suite's module."""
+        return import_module(f"{self.TEST_SUITES_PACKAGE_NAME}.{self.module_name}")
+
+    @cached_property
+    def class_name(self) -> str:
+        """The name of the test suite's class."""
+        return f"{self.TEST_SUITE_CLASS_PREFIX}{to_pascal_case(self.name)}"
+
+    @cached_property
+    def class_obj(self) -> type[TestSuite]:
+        """A reference to the test suite's class."""
+
+        def is_test_suite(obj) -> bool:
+            """Check whether `obj` is a :class:`TestSuite`.
+
+            The `obj` is a subclass of :class:`TestSuite`, but not :class:`TestSuite` itself.
+
+            Args:
+                obj: The object to be checked.
+
+            Returns:
+                :data:`True` if `obj` is a subclass of `TestSuite`.
+            """
+            try:
+                if issubclass(obj, TestSuite) and obj is not TestSuite:
+                    return True
+            except TypeError:
+                return False
+            return False
+
+        for class_name, class_obj in inspect.getmembers(self.module, is_test_suite):
+            if class_name == self.class_name:
+                return class_obj
+
+        raise InternalError(
+            f"Expected class {self.class_name} not found in module {self.module_name}."
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def discover_all(
+        cls, package_name: str | None = None, module_prefix: str | None = None
+    ) -> list[Self]:
+        """Discover all the test suites.
+
+        The test suites are discovered in the provided `package_name`. The full module name,
+        expected under that package, is prefixed with `module_prefix`.
+        The module name is a standard filename with words separated with underscores.
+        For each module found, search for a :class:`TestSuite` class which starts
+        with :attr:`~TestSuiteSpec.TEST_SUITE_CLASS_PREFIX`, continuing with the module name in
+        PascalCase.
+
+        The PascalCase convention applies to abbreviations, acronyms, initialisms and so on::
+
+            OS -> Os
+            TCP -> Tcp
+
+        Args:
+            package_name: The name of the package where to find the test suites. If :data:`None`,
+                the :attr:`~TestSuiteSpec.TEST_SUITES_PACKAGE_NAME` is used.
+            module_prefix: The name prefix defining the test suite module. If :data:`None`, the
+                :attr:`~TestSuiteSpec.TEST_SUITE_MODULE_PREFIX` constant is used.
+
+        Returns:
+            A list containing all the discovered test suites.
+        """
+        if package_name is None:
+            package_name = cls.TEST_SUITES_PACKAGE_NAME
+        if module_prefix is None:
+            module_prefix = cls.TEST_SUITE_MODULE_PREFIX
+
+        test_suites = []
+
+        test_suites_pkg = import_module(package_name)
+        for _, module_name, is_pkg in iter_modules(test_suites_pkg.__path__):
+            if not module_name.startswith(module_prefix) or is_pkg:
+                continue
+
+            test_suite = cls(module_name)
+            try:
+                if test_suite.class_obj:
+                    test_suites.append(test_suite)
+            except InternalError as err:
+                get_dts_logger().warning(err)
+
+        return test_suites
+
+
+AVAILABLE_TEST_SUITES: list[TestSuiteSpec] = TestSuiteSpec.discover_all()
+"""Constant to store all the available, discovered and imported test suites.
+
+The test suites should be gathered from this list to avoid importing more than once.
+"""
+
+
+def find_by_name(name: str) -> TestSuiteSpec | None:
+    """Find a requested test suite by name from the available ones."""
+    test_suites = filter(lambda t: t.name == name, AVAILABLE_TEST_SUITES)
+    return next(test_suites, None)
diff --git a/dts/framework/testbed_model/capability.py b/dts/framework/testbed_model/capability.py
index 2207957a7a..0d5f0e0b32 100644
--- a/dts/framework/testbed_model/capability.py
+++ b/dts/framework/testbed_model/capability.py
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@  def test_scatter_mbuf_2048(self):
 
 import inspect
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from collections.abc import MutableSet, Sequence
+from collections.abc import MutableSet
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Callable, ClassVar, Protocol
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, ClassVar, Protocol
 
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@  def test_scatter_mbuf_2048(self):
 from .sut_node import SutNode
 from .topology import Topology, TopologyType
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from framework.test_suite import TestCase
+
 
 class Capability(ABC):
     """The base class for various capabilities.
@@ -354,8 +357,7 @@  def set_required(self, test_case_or_suite: type["TestProtocol"]) -> None:
         if inspect.isclass(test_case_or_suite):
             if self.topology_type is not TopologyType.default:
                 self.add_to_required(test_case_or_suite)
-                func_test_cases, perf_test_cases = test_case_or_suite.get_test_cases()
-                for test_case in func_test_cases | perf_test_cases:
+                for test_case in test_case_or_suite.get_test_cases():
                     if test_case.topology_type.topology_type is TopologyType.default:
                         # test case topology has not been set, use the one set by the test suite
                         self.add_to_required(test_case)
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@  class TestProtocol(Protocol):
     required_capabilities: ClassVar[set[Capability]] = set()
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_test_cases(cls, test_case_sublist: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> tuple[set, set]:
+    def get_test_cases(cls) -> list[type["TestCase"]]:
         """Get test cases. Should be implemented by subclasses containing test cases.
 
         Raises:
diff --git a/dts/framework/utils.py b/dts/framework/utils.py
index 78a39e32c7..43e2592fce 100644
--- a/dts/framework/utils.py
+++ b/dts/framework/utils.py
@@ -303,3 +303,8 @@  class MultiInheritanceBaseClass:
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         """Call the init method of :class:`object`."""
         super().__init__()
+
+
+def to_pascal_case(text: str) -> str:
+    """Convert `text` from snake_case to PascalCase."""
+    return "".join([seg.capitalize() for seg in text.split("_")])