I would consider the randomwalk (and other tests in that suite) just an acceptance test suite. I think it is awesome that we have it as it is great for _really_ making sure the system is solid.
However, frameworks are more about providing a platform which is then built on by others to enable functionality (kinda like a library). Frameworks provide a way to think about problems and then some tools to enable you to solve them. So a mocking framework gives you a way to think about solving the problem of effectively unit testing and gives you mocks to help enable to solve the problem of unit testing. Just a nitpick, but the terminology can be important especially when things (like the testing) are in flux. - Jesse Yates Sent from my iPhone. On Nov 12, 2011, at 11:00 AM, John W Vines <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Set Cruz" <[email protected]> > | To: [email protected] > | Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 1:21:33 PM > | Subject: (ACCUMULO-75) Modify Security Randomwalk and test with concurrency > | >Keith Turner commented on ACCUMULO-75: > | > | >-------------------------------------- > | > | > | > | >Below is where you can find the scripts and XML files needed to run > | >it. > | > | > | > | > > | > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/accumulo/trunk/test/system/randomwalk/ > | > | > | > | >The source code is at the following link. > | > | > | > | > > | > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/accumulo/trunk/src/server/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/test/randomwalk/ > | > | > | >If you have more questions, we would be happy to answer them on the > | mailing list. > | > | Thank you. > | > | I read the "test" issues on JIRA. Some refer to mock frameworks. I was > | wondering if randomwalk was also such a test framework. I haven't read > | the > | code in the links above yet. If randomwalk is indeed a test framework, > | is > | there a link where I can read more about it? I haven't done a web > | search > | on randomwalk yet. > | > | --Set > > Randomwalk is one of our test frameworks. I don't know if it's a common > testing framework in general, but we have a 'from scratch' implementation we > use, which can be found in the test package under the server module. We don't > really have documentation for it, but I like to think it's really simple. It > just reads the XML file and loads appropriate nodes which are implemented for > the tests, and then randomly selects a weighted edge to transition to a > different node. > > Hope that helps. > John
