org.castor.xmlctf

Class TestWithCustomTest


(package private) class TestWithCustomTest
extends TestCase

Implements a test case that tests code written by the XML source generator. This class uses a user-provided test class to test the generated source.

Each user-provided test is allowed to return a Boolean, either a primitive or a java.lang.Boolean -- it does not matter. If the user-provided test returns a Boolean and it is false, then the test is considered to have failed. If the user-provided test throws or returns a Throwable, it is considered to have failed. If the user-provided test returns anything else (including void) then the test is considered to have passed.

Note: Returning Throwable is a little bit cleaner than throwing an Exception, but either is acceptable as a sign of test failure. This is because when a Throwable is returned, if -printStack is in effect, then the CORRECT stack trace can be displayed and not a stack dump from the refective invocation.

There is no requirement that the user-provided test implement any interface, nor any requirement that the user-provided test return anything at all. However, a test that returns "void" and that never throws an Exception is not a very useful test as it can never fail.

Version:
$Revision: 0000 $ $Date: $
Author:
Edward Kuns

Field Summary

protected FailureType
_failure
The failure object that is not null is the test intends to fail.
protected boolean
_failureExpected
True if the test is supposed to return failure or throw an Exception.

Constructor Summary

TestWithCustomTest(String name)
Blank constructor for this test case.
TestWithCustomTest(String name, XMLTestCase tc)
Constructs a test case that when invoked will delegate to the provided test case.

Method Summary

protected Object
getTestObject(String testClassName)
Gets an instance of our test object, as configured.
void
runTest()
Runs our test case using our delegate object where necessary.
protected void
setUp()
Provides setup for our delegated test case, depending on the type of test case we are delegating for.
protected void
tearDown()
Provides tear down for our delegated test case, depending on the type of test case we are delegating for.

Field Details

_failure

protected final FailureType _failure
The failure object that is not null is the test intends to fail.

_failureExpected

protected final boolean _failureExpected
True if the test is supposed to return failure or throw an Exception.

Constructor Details

TestWithCustomTest

(package private)  TestWithCustomTest(String name)
Blank constructor for this test case. This contructor is not useful, since no delegate test case is provided.
Parameters:
name - Name of our delegate test case

TestWithCustomTest

(package private)  TestWithCustomTest(String name,
                                      XMLTestCase tc)
Constructs a test case that when invoked will delegate to the provided test case.
Parameters:
name - Name of our delegate test case
tc -

Method Details

getTestObject

protected Object getTestObject(String testClassName)
            throws ClassNotFoundException,
                   IllegalAccessException,
                   InstantiationException
Gets an instance of our test object, as configured.
Parameters:
testClassName - name of the test class
Returns:
an instance of our test object

runTest

public void runTest()
Runs our test case using our delegate object where necessary.

setUp

protected void setUp()
            throws Exception
Provides setup for our delegated test case, depending on the type of test case we are delegating for.

tearDown

protected void tearDown()
            throws Exception
Provides tear down for our delegated test case, depending on the type of test case we are delegating for.

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