On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Darrell DeBoer wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've just started doing some work on the James project, and I'm looking at
> building some new implementations of existing component interfaces. (I've
> already contributed a JDBC-backed UsersRepository).
>
> However, I feel a little "unconfortable" doing this without being able to run
> tests to ensure that behaviour is the same between different implementations
> of the same interface. I set up some JUnit tests for the interface behaviour,
> but I'm not sure how to get the components initalised and configured.
>
> Basically, I'd like to set up a framework whereby the test for a particular
> component interface would be identical for all implementations, with the
> actual test configuration being loaded from an XML config file. (The
> initialisation should be limited to the tested component itself and any
> dependencies.) Given such a framework, the testing of different
> implementations would be pluggable in the same way that the implementations
> can be plugged into the real product. This would be a great help, whether
> modifying existing implementations, creating new implementaions or comparing
> differences (eg performance) between different implementations.
>
> I'm sure that this can be done, but I'm not quite sure where to start. I've
> had a poke around the avalon source, and I'm guessing that I'd use the
> Excalibur packages? Is there an example demonstrating simple component
> initialisation / configuration from an XML file? Better still, is there
> already a component testing framework in place?!?
Shouldn't this be the area where avalon-testlet comes into play?
Giacomo
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