On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Ludovic Dubost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Asiri Rathnayake wrote: > > Hi Ludovic, > > > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Ludovic Dubost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Asiri Rathnayake wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Ludovic, > >>> > >>> 2008/7/13 Ludovic Dubost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Compatibility is going to be the number 1 problem ! > >>>> > >>>> > >>> How should we tackle this issue ? I kind of am puzzled why it works > like > >>> that and how to go about fixing it. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> I think the reason there are issues is that you can't just have a > >> partial webdav implementation. > >> For example without locking you have some applications that will behave > >> weirdly. > >> > >> Also since we are not exposing a "real" disk drive, you might also hit > >> some issues with applications trying to save "temporary" files to the > disk. > >> We need to detect the most common ones and handle these in the server > >> memory. > >> > >> > >> I think what you first need to do is write some good tests proving that > >> you are implementing the basic functions properly, including locking > >> (and versioning if it is necessary). > >> > > > > > > Agreed but i'm kind of not sure what sort of tests they should be. I > believe > > JUnit testing is not what you meant. Please advice me on this, i'm kind > of > > not sure what sort of approach i should be taking towards implementing > tests > > but i agree with you that we should have tests. > > > > > > > > > My take: > > - you should find some webdav client library that you can use in your > tests (DavExplorer or SLIDE) and use it to send simple commands to your > module. > Ok, i think i can use jackrabbit webdav client classes. Btw, i wish to perform refactoring (little by little) along with test writing task. I hope this is ok with you :) Thanks. - Asiri > > Maybe the developers have better ideas ? > > -- > Ludovic Dubost > Blog: http://blog.ludovic.org/ > XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com > Skype: ldubost GTalk: ldubost > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
