It works now. The only remaining problem is a warning message for all
the properties defined by the assert element because I had to make
AssertElement a subclass of FONode so it has a PropertyList which it
wouldn't have were it a subclass from XMLObj only.

Shall I commit this stuff?

On 29.08.2005 22:29:19 Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> Perfect, Finn! I've just hacked together a little test extension that
> lets me evaluate properties and write failure messages to a singleton
> which a JUnit test case could process. It's very rough right now, but
> with a little more work this could really be cool for checking the FO
> tree.
> 
> Right now, I'm simply running a normal FOP processing run, but the
> layout engine wouldn't actually need to be called at all. And I get
> warnings about unsupported properties but that's a detail. The
> integration into a JUnit test case is easy.
> 
> So, if anyone's eager to write test cases for the FO tree, I can commit
> what I already have.
> 
> On 29.08.2005 21:28:20 Finn Bock wrote:
> >  >>Is there a way in our test system to check the values of properties in
> >  >>the fo tree?
> > 
> > > Not yet, I'm afraid. It would really be good to JUnit-test the FO tree
> > > and property subsystem. The layout engine test facility only tests the
> > > layout engine and the visual testing facility only the generated output.
> > > We still have a few gaps WRT testability. Ideas welcome.
> > 
> > Extension elements has access to the propertyList so it can do checks like:
> > 
> >     <fo:block border-before-style="solid" border-before-width="10pt" >
> >       <fox:assert property="border-top-width" result="10000mpt"/>
> >     </fo:block>
> > 
> > but I'm not sure how it can be made part of a junit suite.
> 
> 
> 
> Jeremias Maerki



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