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Writing and running JUnit tests
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<h1>
Writing and running JUnit tests
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<p>
In this section, you will be using the <a href="http://www.junit.org"
target="_blank">JUnit</a> testing framework to write and run tests. To
get started with JUnit you can refer to the <a href=
"http://junit.sourceforge.net/doc/cookbook/cookbook.htm" target=
"_blank">JUnit Cookbook</a>.
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<h2>
Writing Tests
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<p>
Create a project "JUnitTest". Now you can write your first test. You
implement the test in a subclass of <strong>TestCase</strong>. You can do
so either using the standard Class wizard or the specialized <strong>Test
Case</strong> wizard:
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<ol>
<li>Open the New wizard (<strong>File &gt; New &gt; JUnit Test
Case</strong>).
</li>
<li>Select <strong>New JUnit 3 test</strong> and enter
"<i>TestFailure"</i> as the name of your test class:
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<img src="images/wiz_new_testcase.png" alt=
"TestCase creation wizard page 1" /><br />
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<p>
<em>Note:</em> If you want to use JUnit 4 tests you have to make sure
that your compiler compliance is set to 1.5.
</p>
</li>
<li>You will see a warning message asking you to add the junit library to
the build path. Use the <strong>Click here</strong> link to add the junit
library automatically.
</li>
<li>Click <strong>Finish</strong> to create the test class.
</li>
</ol>
<p>
Add a test method that fails to the class <i>TestFailure</i>. A quick way
to enter a test method is with the <i>test</i> template. To do so, place
the cursor inside the class declaration. Type "test" followed by
<kbd>Ctrl+Space</kbd> to activate code assist and select the "test"
template. Change the name of the created method to <i>testFailure</i> and
invoke the <i>fail()</i> method.
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<p>
<code>public void testFailure() throws Exception {<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fail();<br />
}</code>
</p>
<p>
Now you are ready to run your first test.
</p>
<h2>
Running Tests
</h2>
<p>
To run TestFailure hit the run button in the toolbar. It will
automatically run as JUnit Test. You can inspect the test results in the
<i>JUnit</i> view. This view shows you the test run progress and status:
</p>
<p>
<img src="images/view_junit_red.png" alt="Failed test" />
</p>
<p>
The view is shown in the current perspective whenever you start a test
run. A convenient arrangement for the JUnit view is to dock it as a fast
view. The JUnit view has two tabs: one shows you a list of failures and
the other shows you the full test suite as a tree. You can navigate from
a failure to the corresponding source by double clicking the
corresponding line in the failure trace.
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<p>
Dock the JUnit view as a fast view, remove the <i>fail()</i> statement in
the method <i>testFailure()</i> so that the test passes and rerun the
test again. You can rerun a test either by clicking the <b>Rerun</b>
button in the view's tool bar or you can re-run the program that was last
launched by activating the <b>Run</b> drop down. This time the test
should succeed. Because the test was successful, the JUnit view doesn't
pop up, but the success indicator shows on the JUnit view icon and the
status line shows the test result. As a reminder to rerun your tests the
view icon is decorated by a "*" whenever you change the workspace
contents after the run.
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<blockquote>
<p>
<img src="images/icon_junit_successfull.png" border="0" alt=
"Successful test" /> - A successful test run<br />
<img src="images/icon_junit_successfull_workspace_modifed.png" border=
"0" alt="Successful test but workspace has changed" /> - A successful
test run, but the workspace contents have changed since the last test
run.
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</blockquote>
<p>
In addition to running a test case as described above you can also:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Run all tests inside a project, source folder, or package -
&nbsp;<br />
Select a project, package or source folder and run all the included
tests with <strong>Run as &gt; JUnit Test</strong>. This command finds
all tests inside a project, source folder or package and executes them.
</li>
<li>Run a single test method -<br />
Select a test method in the Outline or Package Explorer and with
<strong>Run as &gt; JUnit Test</strong> the selected test method will
be run.
</li>
<li>Rerun a single test -<br />
Select a test in the JUnit view and execute <b>Run</b> from the context
menu.
</li>
</ul>
<h2>
Customizing a Test Configuration
</h2>
<p>
When you want to pass parameters or customize the settings for a test run
you open the Launch Configuration Dialog. Select <strong>Open Run
Dialog...</strong>.in the <strong>Run</strong> drop-down menu in the
toolbar:
</p>
<p>
<img src="images/run_dialog_junit.png" alt=
"JUnit Launch Configuration" />
</p>
<p>
In this dialog you can specify the test to be run, its arguments, its
run-time class path, and the Java run-time environment.
</p>
<h2>
Debugging a Test Failure
</h2>
<p>
In the case of a test failure you can follow these steps to debug it:
</p>
<ol>
<li>Double click the failure entry from the Failures tab in the JUnit
view to open the corresponding file in the editor.
</li>
<li>Set a breakpoint at the beginning of the test method.
</li>
<li>Select the test case and execute&nbsp; <b>Debug As&gt;JUnit Test</b>
from the <b>Debug</b> drop down.
</li>
</ol>
<p>
A JUnit launch configuration has a "keep alive" option. If your Java
virtual machine supports "hot code replacement" you can fix the code and
rerun the test without restarting the full test run. To enable this
option select the <strong>Keep JUnit running after a test run when
debugging</strong> checkbox in the JUnit launch configuration.
</p>
<h2>
Creating a Test Suite
</h2>
<p>
The JUnit <b>TestSuite</b> wizard helps you with the creation of a test
suite. You can select the set of classes that should belong to a suite.
</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the New wizard
</li>
<li>Select <strong>Java &gt; JUnit &gt; JUnit Test Suite</strong> and
click <strong>Next</strong>.
</li>
<li>Enter a name for your test suite class (the convention is to use
"AllTests" which appears by default).<br />
<p>
<img src="images/wiz_new_suite.png" alt="Test Suite wizard" />
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</li>
<li>Select the classes that should be included in the suite. We currently
have a single test class only, but you can add to the suite later.
</li>
</ol>
<p>
You can add or remove test classes from the test suite in two ways:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Manually by editing the test suite file
</li>
<li>By re-running the wizard and selecting the new set of test classes.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Note: the wizard puts 2 markers, <code>//$JUnit-BEGIN$</code> and
<code>//$JUnit-END$</code>, into the created Test suite class, which
allows the wizard to update existing test suite classes. Editing code
between the markers is not recommended.
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