dion 02/01/27 06:21:54 Added: latka/doc users-guide.xml Log: First cut users guide - not well fleshed out yet Revision Changes Path 1.1 jakarta-commons/latka/doc/users-guide.xml Index: users-guide.xml =================================================================== <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd";> <!-- Author: dIon Gillard Version: $Id: users-guide.xml,v 1.1 2002/01/27 14:21:54 dion Exp $ --> <chapter id="users-guide"> <title>Latka User's Guide</title> <!-- taken directly from index.xml --> <section> <title>What is <firstterm>Latka</firstterm></title> <para>Latka is a functional (end-to-end) testing tool. It is implemented in Java, and uses an XML syntax to define a series of HTTP (or HTTPS) requests and a set of <firstterm>validations</firstterm> used to verify that the request was processed correctly. </para> <remark> Although Latka currently supports only HTTP and HTTPS request/response validations, it may be expanded to perform other sorts of functional testing as warranted. </remark> <para> A simple example of a Latka XML test suite is shown in our <ulink url="TestCommonsWebsite.xml">sample Latka test suite</ulink>. When processed, this example would verify that the Jakarta Commons homepage is present and that all the Commons Components have online documenation. </para> </section> <section> <title>Running Latka</title> <para>A Latka test suite can be run: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>From a command prompt</para></listitem> <listitem><para>From the Latka web application</para></listitem> <listitem><para>From a JUnit TestRunner</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <remark>How about an ant task?</remark> </para> <section> <title>Running Latka from the command prompt</title> <para>There are two scripts (or batch files) shipped with latka:</para> <orderedlist> <listitem><para>latka.bat - for Windows machines</para></listitem> <listitem><para>latka.sh - for Unix machines</para></listitem> </orderedlist> <para>Both of the scripts take the following parameters: </para> <orderedlist> <listitem><para></para></listitem> </orderedlist> </section> </section> <section> <title>Anatomy of a test suite</title> <para>A Latka test suite is an XML document</para> </section> </chapter>
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