Min, Here is the link to the current framework https://cwiki.apache.org/CLOUDSTACK/testing-with-python.html
Also check out Rohit's CLI as well. That would also help to automate faster Thanks /Sudha -----Original Message----- From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:28 PM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS]How to write API Unit Tests On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Min Chen <min.c...@citrix.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > In working with API refactoring work, I cannot help wondering > how we should write Junit test cases for our APIs. Recently I saw that > Chip has merged some of his API unit test cases into master branch, > and his api unit test cases are written using Mockito, so no DB and > real MS are needed in running these Junit test cases. Here I want to > raise this topic again to get some clarifications on api unit test guidelines: > 1. Should we require API unit test cases to be able to run > without DB existing or MS running? > 2. If answer is yes, then I guess that we just need to use > Mockito to write our api unit test cases. > 3. If answer is no, there are several follow-up questions to be > clarified: > 1) Does test case itself need to handle starting MS and stopping > MS? > 2) How should we set up a test DB? This may be needed for > those list APIs. > 3) Testcases need to handle tear down test data afterwards. > > Thanks > -min > So unit tests (IMO) should not need external resources to run, should be very fast, etc as Sudha has indicated. If you need DB access, that sounds much more like a functional/integration test to my ears. --David
