Ah, ok...I think I misunderstood this part ;) Lars
On Thursday 05 June 2008 09:49:51 Bruce Snyder wrote: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:45 AM, Lars Heinemann > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 05 June 2008 09:39:58 Bruce Snyder wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:35 AM, Lars Heinemann > >> > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Bruce, > >> > > >> > there is one big backdraw on your suggestion. > >> > The quality of the testing is very dependent to the quality of the > >> > mock classes used. After running such tests you can never say that a > >> > component works with either smx3 or smx4 as they were never really > >> > tested with the containers itself. > >> > >> Yes, I do admit that true integration testing is not achieved. But > >> honestly, the lack of testing and lack of consistency in the testing > >> of components today needs to be rectified. > > > > --> I agree. But then it would be faster and imho more effective to spend > > additional time in test improvements instead of dropping our current > > testing and do complete new mockup tests. > > I'm not saying that we should drop the current testing. I guess we can > address this via Maven profiles. We could split out the tests into > separate directories based on their type, e.g., smx3 integration > level, smx4 integration level and unit level. > > Bruce
