Makes sense to mix both styles. Thanks for the insight from inside the akka-team ;-) Keep up the good work!
Am Sonntag, 23. November 2014 00:51:52 UTC+1 schrieb Konrad Malawski: > > We actually often find this rather useful - for example, if there comes a > response from the previous test case which I did not expect, > it could fail the 2nd test as an unexpected message may come in. This > helps to make sure there’s no spurious and additional messages sent around. > So yes, when using ImplicitSender, the assumption is that you want to make > sure you expect all messages. > > If however you want to have the tests separated completely - don’t use > implicit sender and use test probes instead: > > http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/snapshot/scala/testing.html#using-multiple-probe-actors > > Both styles make complete sense and come down to your personal testing > style - we use both styles to test Akka itself actually. > > — ktoso > > > > On 21 November 2014 at 22:41:24, Florian Witteler ( > [email protected] <javascript:>) wrote: > Hi! > > I was bitten by some special behaviour when testing my actorSystem with > the help of the ImplicitSender trait. > > I have two testmethods. In each of them, I send a message to an actor > wrapped in a TestActorRef. > In the first testcase, I don't consume the answer of the actor with one of > TestKit's expect-Methods, because I check its state directly > (testActorRef.underlyingActor) > This causes the 2nd testcase to fail, because the first message was > still in the receiving mailbox. > > Here is an example. > https://gist.github.com/FloWi/55572324f2d3adb3d51b > > Do you have any suggestion on how to make the tests independent of each > other? > Or am I just using the ImplicitSender in a wrong way? (every answer *must* > be consumed) > > Any insights are appreciated! > > Regards, > Florian > -- > >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ > >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: > http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html > >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Akka User List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > Konrad 'ktoso' Malawski > hAkker @ typesafe > http://akka.io > -- >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Akka User List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
