Hey Guys, I'd say I'm more familiar with Junit ATM, so if we switched to TestNG I'd have to learn it. Maybe we can do it, slowly, as it makes sense on a class by class basis, over time? Or even a SIS module by module basis?
Thanks! Cheers, Chris On Sep 20, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Peter K wrote: > Hi Martin, > >>> BTW: Switching can be done nearly automatically via an eclipse plugin: >>> http://testng.org/doc/migrating.html >> >> That would probably be useful for a large amount of tests. But >> GeoAPI-conformance makes extensive use of parametrized tests (since >> the implementation must be specified) and listeners; I would be >> impressed if the plugin was sophisticated enough for converting such >> tests automatically. > > ok, I understand > >>>> The capability to specify tests dependencies seems attractive >>> you can do so for junit too or what do you mean here? >> >> JUnit provides TestSuite, but I was hopping for a simpler annotation >> like: >> >> class TestA {...} >> >> @Depends(TestA.class) >> class TestB {...} > > ah, I see. I don't think there is something similar (only a limited > functionality via subclassing tests) > >>>> , and the fact that TestNG doesn't recreate new "FooTest" instance for >>>> every tests may speed-up when the constructor performs heavy >>>> initialization. >>> Constructors shouldn't do that ;) >> >> I should have mentioned methods annotated by @Before instead. JUnit >> has @BeforeClass for initializing resources only once, but it force us >> to store the resources in static fields, which may cause the JVM to >> retain them longer then needed (while I admit we can set the static >> fields to null explicitly in an @AfterClass method). > > Yes, static is ugly. Also one wouldn't be able to parallelize the tests > at some point in the future > ... now I'm unsure what to choose ;) ! > > Regards, > Peter. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
