[PROPOSAL] J2EEUnit donation to ASF

[Vincent Massol]

0) rationale Regression testing is an essential part of developing "commercial-quality" software. JUnit is a  popular testing platform, but is primarily designed for standard Java classes. J2EEUnit extends the Junit API to facilitate unit testing of server-side Java code. Since Jakarta products are mainly servlet-based, J2EEUnit is a natural addition to the Jakarta family. I am the sole author of J2EEUnit and would like to donate the source code to the ASF for distribution under the Apache License. I am currently a Committer to the Struts subproject. (1) scope J2EEUnit provides a set of classes which help developers create test cases and test suites of server-side products. J2EEUnit extends JUnit, a popular open source product distributed under the IBM Public License. For Web application testing, J2EEUnit complements another JUnit extension, HttpUnit < http://httpunit.sourceforge.net/ >. HttpUnit is designed to test the output of Web pages, while J2EEUnit is designed to test server-side classes living inside a container. (1.5) interaction with other products J2EEUnit already uses Ant as its build system for compiling and generating the runtime jars, Javadoc, a sample application, and also to run unit and functional tests. J2EEUnit has been built with continuous integration in mind, meaning that J2EEUnit unit tests can easily be  automated using Ant. J2EEUnit provides such Ant scripts for the most common servlet engines (Tomcat 3.x,  Tomcat 4.x, Resin 1.2 & 1.3, WebLogic 5.1, Orion 1.4). Also, J2EEUnit is already integrated with GUMP (part of Alexandria) and builds are run every day on the jakarta servers (thanks to Sam Ruby). Work is underway in the Struts subproject to create a testing suite for that framework. (2) identify the initial source from which the subproject is to be populated A release (0.9) of J2EEUnit is now available from SourceForge < http://j2eeunit.sourceforge.net/ > under the GPL and also through the Commons-Sandbox CVS. Vincent Massol, the donor, certifies that he is the sole author and owner of the source code. If accepted, the latest version (0.9) will be donated to the ASF and may be released under the Apache License. (2.1) source status J2EEUnit is reaching maturity. The current version is 0.9 and has been through several releases on SourceForge. The project directory structure already generally follows the Apache guidelines. The source code is heavily commented and I would call the code production quality. (2.2) dependencies J2EEUnit imports classes only from java, javax, and junit.framework. (3) identify any Jakarta-Commons resources to be created The J2EE source code can be checked into a directory in the main CVS, and can use the Jakarta-Commons mailing list for communications. (4) identify the initial set of committers to be listed in the Status File. Vincent Massol Robert Leland Ted Husted (5) my goals and wishes My goal is to transform a one-man codebase that is gaining visibility but is still developed by a single person into a thriving product with multiple developers contributing to the codebase. I believe this can be achieved by donating the product to the Apache Software Foundation. Along with this goal, I also believe that J2EEUnit could benefit many other Jakarta products, especially if they share a common license.