Hi Pablo,

Beam Java has unit tests, ValidatesRunner tests, and Integration (E2E) test.

If I understand correctly, unit tests test the functionality of a component
and usually don't require a runner (is this true?); ValidatesRunner tests
(marked with @ValidatesRunner annotation) require runners; and integration
tests (named *IT.java) test an entire e2e pipeline.

Best,
Robin

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:39 PM Pablo Estrada <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ah this is very helpful. I think this is missing in the testing guide.
> I'll make a short PR to mention it.
> Best
> -P.
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:37 PM Anton Kedin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> IT tests exist in java, similar to unit tests and not marked in a special
>> way, except they're called *IT.java instead of *Test.java. They're run from
>> corresponding tasks:
>>  -
>> https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/d6c5bf977fc688f289f1bb06e30f25b05bf987b2/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/pubsub/PubsubReadIT.java#L33
>>
>>  -
>> https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/build.gradle#L85
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:27 PM Pablo Estrada <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> In Python, we tag some test methods with @attr('ValidatesRunner') and
>>> @attr('IT'), which marks them to be run as pipeline tests.
>>>
>>> If I understand correctly:
>>> - ValidatesRunner tests are more like a component tests[1] as explained
>>> in Beam docs
>>> - IT tests are more like a E2E test[2] as explained in the docs. Is
>>> there an equivalent in Java?
>>> - Finally, there's ValidatesContainer tests. What are these for? What's
>>> the guidance for tagging our tests this way?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> -P.
>>>
>>> [1] https://beam.apache.org/contribute/testing/#validatesrunner
>>> [2] https://beam.apache.org/contribute/testing/#e2e
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