Author: jawi
Date: Wed Aug 15 11:54:53 2012
New Revision: 1373356
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1373356&view=rev
Log:
Some additional clarification on the before/after methods.
Modified:
ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/writing-tests.mdtext
Modified: ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/writing-tests.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/writing-tests.mdtext?rev=1373356&r1=1373355&r2=1373356&view=diff
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--- ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/writing-tests.mdtext (original)
+++ ace/site/trunk/content/dev-doc/writing-tests.mdtext Wed Aug 15 11:54:53 2012
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ The first we need to do is create our te
Having explained that our test depends upon the 'UserAdmin' service, and that
its a required dependency, means that our test won't run if this service is not
available[^5].
-Sometimes, you need to do some additional set up before or after the
dependencies are resolved. For example, one might need to provision some
configuration in order to get dependencies in the correct state, or wait until
some other condition is met after all dependencies have been resolved. In order
to do this, one can override the `before()` or `after()` methods in
`IntegrationTestBase`. For our simple integration test, however, we do not need
such "advanced" set up.
+Sometimes, you need to do some additional set up before or after the
dependencies are resolved. For example, one might need to provision some
configuration in order to get dependencies in the correct state, or wait until
some other condition is met after all dependencies have been resolved. In order
to do this, one can override the `before()` or `after()` methods[^6] in
`IntegrationTestBase`.
+For our simple integration test, however, we do not need such "advanced" set
up.
The only thing left is the actual test itself. As the 'UserAdmin' service is
being tracked for us, we can simply direct use it in our test:
@@ -141,3 +142,5 @@ When running Eclipse, you can also run y
[^4]: This helper class can be found in the `org.apache.ace.test` project.
[^5]: To be more precise: the test will wait a couple of seconds to allow all
dependencies to be satisfied. If after this waiting period any dependency is
not satisfied, the test will fail.
+
+[^6]: The naming of these methods could use a second thought, see also:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACE-289
