Vincent Massol wrote:
>
> I have renamed J2EEUnit to Cactus in the jakarta-commons-sandbox CVS. This
> is the new name for J2EEUnit.
>
> I'd like to propose Cactus for inclusion into the jakarta-commons.
>
> Here is the revised proposal (taking into account the name change) :
>
> ------------
>
> 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. Cactus extends the
> Junit API to facilitate unit testing of server-side Java code. Since
> Jakarta products are mainly servlet-based, Cactus is a natural
> addition to the Jakarta family. I am the sole author of Cactus 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.
>
> Note: Cactus was previously known as J2EEUnit but has been
> renamed not to infringe on Sun's trademark about J2EE.
I still think 'JEUnit' was better :)
>
> (1) scope
>
> Cactus provides a set of classes which help developers create test
> cases and test suites of server-side products. Cactus extends JUnit,
> a popular open source product distributed under the IBM Public License.
>
> For Web application testing, Cactus complements another JUnit
> extension, HttpUnit < http://httpunit.sourceforge.net/ >. HttpUnit
> is designed to test the output of Web pages, while Cactus is designed
>
> to test server-side classes living inside a container.
>
> (1.5) interaction with other products
>
> Cactus 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.
>
> Cactus has been built with continuous integration in mind, meaning
> that Cactus unit tests can easily be automated using Ant. Cactus
> 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,
> Cactus 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. Version 1.0 is also
> available through the
> Commons-Sandbox CVS under the Cactus name. Vincent Massol, the
> donor, certifies that he is the sole author and owner of the source
> code. If accepted, the latest version (1.0) will be donated to the ASF
> and may be released under the Apache License.
>
> (2.1) source status
>
> Cactus is reaching maturity. The current version is 1.0 and has been
> through several releases on SourceForge (under the J2EEUnit name). 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
>
> Cactus imports classes only from java, javax, and junit.framework.
>
> (3) identify any Jakarta-Commons resources to be created
>
> The Cactus source code can be checked into a directory in the main CVS,
> and can initially 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 Cactus could benefit many
> other Jakarta products, especially if they share a common license.
+1, and I'd be happy to help as I want to put this in immediately into
Velocity...
geir
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