IMHO, jUnit is probably not a very good match for the log4j test suite.
I suspect it would be more work to write and maintain these tests under
jUnit than bash/perl.
Cheers,
Anders
Ceki Gülcü wrote:
>
> At 10:05 18.06.2001 -0500, Jim Moore wrote:
> >"Contributors are expected to be familiar with the log4j test environment.
> >They are also required to add a new test case with each new feature or
> >component."
> >
> >What is the test environment? In the org.apache.log4j.test package, there
> >are "ad-hoc" tests (like PatternTest) and JUnit tests (like
> >UnitTestCategory). Do we add unit tests to the "unitTest" script? Wouldn't
> >it make more sense to add them to a TestSuite to use JUnit's built-in
> >support? Also, shouldn't the ant declaration have a "test.all" task so it's
> >not platform dependant (ie, "#!/bin/sh") and more easily done as part of the
> >regular build process? Am I missing something fundimental, or do we simply
> >need a more defined "test environment"?
> >
> >-Jim Moore
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> The test environment is the code and scripts that are under org.apache.log4j.test
> and org.apache.log4j.xml.test. These contain shell scripts as well as JUnit unit
>tests plus a few perl scripts.
>
> I started writing the bash scripts long before JUnit was fashionable. The log4j
>test suite has been verified to run on both Windows NT/2000 and Linux. The log4j test
>scripts require the bash shell and perl. On most Unix systems these are included by
>default. On Windows systems you need to install the Cygwin tools from
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin
>
> The JUnit-based tests are useful for testing small components whereas the bash
>scripts do regression tests at a higher level, i.e. they compare the output of the
>tested code against witness output. In some cases, the test code took more time to
>write than the code being tested. I would not any shed tears if we could get rid of
>the bash/perl scripts. However, I am not sure JUnit is suitable for regression
>testing. Is it? Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Ceki
>
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