you are creating an action and invoking a method on it, Struts is not involved at all in that. You might want to look at the struts junits to see how you can invoke an action.
musachy On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Timothy Astle <timothy.as...@caris.com> wrote: > I'm following the approach given here for writing unit tests for actions: > http://depressedprogrammer.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/unit-testing-struts-2-actions-spring-junit/ > > My Problem: > I want to write a unit test that will verify that getSettings() returns back > a JSON string. However, when I run the test, it does not go through the > JSONResult type I have defined. I'm wondering if it has to do with the > BaseStrutsTestCase.createAction? I noticed a snip inside of it that seems > confusing (comment and code do not seem to agree) > > <snip> > //do not execute the result after executing the action > proxy.setExecuteResult(true); > </snip> > > I would figure if this is set to true, then it would go through my result > and I would be able to get the stream from the Mock Response and check my > JSON string. However, it doesn't seem to be the case. > > Below are some code snippets to help paint a picture if more details are > required. > > > @Test > public void testGetSettings() throws Exception { > Setting s1 = new Setting(); > s1.setId(0); > s1.setName("Rocket Man"); > s1.setType(SettingType.STRING); > s1.setDefaultValue("She packed my bags last night pre-flight"); > s1.setValue("Zero hour nine a.m."); > > // Add the setting to a list. > List<Setting> settings = new ArrayList<Setting>(1); > settings.add(s1); > > // Set the setting to the mock DAO > MockSettingDAO settingDAO = new MockSettingDAO(settings); > > // Set the mock DAO on the service. > SettingServiceImpl settingService = new SettingServiceImpl(); > settingService.setSettingDAO(settingDAO); > > // Set the service on the action. > SettingAction action = createAction(SettingAction.class, > "/configManager", "settingAction_getSettings", "getSettings"); > action.setSettingService(settingService); > > // Get the JSON string. > String result = action.getSettings(); > > // Check the result. > assertEquals(result, Action.SUCCESS); > > MockHttpServletResponse response = (MockHttpServletResponse) > ServletActionContext > .getResponse(); > String jsonResult = response.getContentAsString(); > > // Validation of jsonResult would happen here. > } > > <snip_of_setting_service> > > /** > * Get the settings as a JSON string. > * > * @return SUCCESS > */ > public String getSettings() { > List<Setting> settings = this.settingService.findAllSettings(); > ActionContext.getContext().put("jsonResult", settings); > return Action.SUCCESS; > } > </snip_of_setting_service> > > <snip_of_struts_xml> > <!--Result Types --> > <result-types> > <result-type name="JSONResult" > > class="com.caris.sfe.web.configmanager.results.GenericJSONResult" /> > </result-types> > </snip_of_struts_xml> > > <snip_of_json_result> > @Override > public void execute(ActionInvocation arg0) throws Exception { > > // retrieve your response, request and context objects. > ServletActionContext.getResponse().setContentType("text/plain"); > HttpServletResponse response = ServletActionContext.getResponse(); > > Object jsonResult = ActionContext.getContext().get("jsonResult"); > > // Create your JSON object using third_party GSON library. > Gson gson = new Gson(); > > String gsonStr = "{\"Response\" : {\"Results\" : " > + gson.toJson(jsonResult) + "}}"; > > // write it out to the outputstream so that JSP can read it through > the > // response object. > OutputStreamWriter outStreamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(response > .getOutputStream()); > outStreamWriter.write(gsonStr); > outStreamWriter.flush(); > } > </snip_of_json_result> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > -- "Hey you! Would you help me to carry the stone?" Pink Floyd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
