Hi David,
An extensive test suite is very welcome, thanks!
I would go for option a), and refactor later if and when we feel tests
can benefit from the Chemistry API. However there's real value in
using something totally external to Chemistry to test it, as we may
miss things otherwise. So a) is really not a problem for a start.
Regarding the location, I propose to create a chemistry-tck maven
module to hold the tests.
And yes JIRA is best to track tasks. I haven't always used it for the
early Chemistry work when everything was still moved around a lot, but
I'll do it in the future.
Bye,
Florent
On 6 Jul 2009, at 15:57, David Caruana wrote:
Dear all,
I'd like to contribute the Alfresco CMIS client test harness to
Chemistry. It consists of many tests that cover many aspects of the
specification. I think this would be of value to the wider CMIS
community as a starting point for not only testing Chemistry but any
CMIS provider thus promoting compatibility between providers. On a
personal note, I'd like to ensure Alfresco is tested with a suite
that's community tested.
Currently, I have two harnesses, one testing AtomPub directly and
the other testing Web Services directly.
Having studied the current Chemistry code base there are
implementation options for the test harnesses.
a) Contribute as is (first removing Alfresco specifics). This allows
the full test harness to be used immediately against any provider,
but doesn't use the Chemistry stack i.e. the chemistry-api. It also
consists of an Abdera extension but that can easily be merged with
the one already there (I understand the Abdera concerns that have
been raised).
b) Refactor the tests to use chemistry-api consolidating on one test
harness. But, relies on the AtomPub client and Web Service client
implementations meaning tests are disabled while those
implementations are filled out. I have questions re: chemistry-api
which I'll post separately.
Of course, a) can be a starting point, and refactoring to b) could
take place in Chemistry.
The tests are implemented as a series of JUnit test cases. However,
that doesn't preclude custom UI for executing and reporting the
results, thus allowing for some form of CMIS provider test kit.
Let me know of interest, and if there is a preference for a) or b).
I'm assuming a new module for housing this (as chemistry-tests seems
focused on testing low-level aspects of Chemistry).
Re: mechanics of Chemistry project. How should we track in-
development / future tasks? I assume via JIRA.
Regards,
David Caruana
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