very cool, I'll check that out and see if I can get some real jsp unit 
tests working.


On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Simon Brown wrote:

> Yes, Cactus is fairly complicated and for testing
> custom tags isn't (IMHO) very good because you have to
> manually write the code that the JSP container usually
> generates to manage the tag lifecycle. With TagUnit,
> you just point it to your tag library and write
> assertions using JSP tags. For example, you might test
> a tag that generates "Hello world!" as follows:
> 
> <tagunit:assertEquals>
>   <tagunit:expectedContent>Hello
> world!</tagunit:expectedContent>
>  
> <tagunit:actualContent><myTag:helloWorld/></tagunit:actualContent>
> </tagunit:assertEquals>
> 
> I've basically implemented some of the JUnit
> assertions as custom tags, allowing tags to be tested
> inside the container and tested in the same way that
> they will eventually be used - i.e. via a JSP.
> 
> Check out www.tagunit.org for more info.
> 
> Simon
> p.s. I'm working on the docs for version 1.0 ;-)
> 
>  --- John York <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > oh sorry,
> I just used junit for some simple tests. I
> > had started looking 
> > at jakarta cactus, but haven't had time to get it
> > working yet. Cactus 
> > seems a bit complicated, is tagunit much easier to
> > use?
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Simon Brown wrote:
> > 
> > > John, did you use a framework for this or just put
> > > together some testing code with JUnit/JSP/etc?
> > > 
> > > Simon
> > >  --- John York <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've
> > > written a handful of unit tests to test sorting
> > > > and paging within my 
> > > > tag. I'm sure they would generalize to test any
> > > > refactored version of this 
> > > > tag.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Matt Raible wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > We might want to use tagunit
> > (http://tagunit.org)
> > > > and canoo's webtest to
> > > > > test the JSPs (http://webtest.canoo.com).
> > > > >  
> > > > > I know that Simon Brown (TagUnit's author) had
> > > > already done some work on
> > > > > the displaytag, so that might be a good start.
> > > > >  
> > > > > Matt
> > > > >  
> > > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > On Behalf Of
> > > > > Benjamin Simpson
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 6:35 AM
> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Subject: [displaytag-devel] display unit tests
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > How are we shaping up for documentation and
> > jUnit
> > > > tests?  Do we want to
> > > > > stick with the displaytag website the way it
> > is?
> > > > >  
> > > > > I am going to be coming into some free time
> > (no,
> > > > not unemployment .. I
> > > > > think).  I would enjoy contributing something
> > that
> > > > reflects well on our
> > > > > group.  
> > > > >  
> > > > > As for unit tests, I have code that I was
> > using to
> > > > test my refactorings
> > > > > that was using zip codes (for scale) and
> > baseball
> > > > stats for accuracy.
> > > > > It would be great if we could get together a
> > > > harness of some type (Sun's
> > > > > suggestion at JavaOne) so that we could
> > monitor
> > > > the impact of the
> > > > > refactorings and changes we make to Ed's
> > original
> > > > tag.
> > > > >  
> > > > > Would anyone like to discuss this?  I am
> > willing
> > > > to do the work.
> > > > >  
> > > > > Ben
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > John York
> > > > Software Engineer
> > > > CareerSite Corporation
> > > >  
> > > 
> > >
> >
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> >  
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