Kirk Lund created GEODE-5644: -------------------------------- Summary: New DistributedReference JUnit rule for DistributedTests Key: GEODE-5644 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-5644 Project: Geode Issue Type: Wish Components: tests Reporter: Kirk Lund
I'd like to add a new DistributedReference JUnit rule for DistributedTests which would be used similar to an AtomicReference but with a reference that is useable within every DUnit VM. The idea is that this would allow us to define something like: {noformat} @Rule public DistributedReference<Cache> cacheReference = new DistributedReference<>(); @Before public void setUp() { getVM(0).invoke(() -> cacheReference.set(new CacheFactory().create()); } @After public void tearDown() { getVM(0).invoke(() -> cacheReference.get().close()); } {noformat} And then use the Geode APIs directly within the test without relying on any custom rules like CacheRule or ClusterStarterRule. This would make tests that use it more directly dependent on the User APIs and force us to become more aware of of the shortcomings of that API. If the Geode User API for creating and closing Cache is so difficult or verbose to use, then this will encourage us to fix the Geode User API instead of hiding it behind complex JUnit rules. We could also consider adding support for java.io.Closeable since resources such as Cache implement Closeable. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)