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The following page has been changed by AlexLoddengaard: http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToContribute ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * {{{TestFileSystem.java}}} and {{{TestMapRed.java}}} are examples of standalone MapReduce-based tests. * {{{TestPath.java}}} is an example of a non MapReduce-based test. * You can run all the unit test with the command {{{ant test}}}, or you can run a specific unit test with the command {{{ant -Dtestcase=<class name without package prefix> test}}} (for example {{{ant -Dtestcase=TestFileSystem test}}}) + + ==== Understanding Ant ==== + + Hadoop is built by Ant, a Java building tool. This section will eventually describe how Ant is used within Hadoop. To start, simply read a good Ant tutorial. The following is a good tutorial, though keep in mind that Hadoop isn't structured according to the ways outlined in the tutorial. Use the tutorial to get a basic understand of Ant but not to understand how Ant is used for Hadoop: + + * Good Ant tutorial: http://i-proving.ca/space/Technologies/Ant+Tutorial === Generating a patch ===
