org.castor.xmlctf
Class TestWithCustomTest

java.lang.Object
  junit.framework.Assert
      junit.framework.TestCase
          org.castor.xmlctf.TestWithCustomTest

All Implemented Interfaces:

junit.framework.Test

 class TestWithCustomTest
extends junit.framework.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(java.lang.String name)
Blank constructor for this test case.

TestWithCustomTest(java.lang.String name, XMLTestCase tc)
Constructs a test case that when invoked will delegate to the provided test case.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Object	getTestObject(java.lang.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.

Methods inherited from class junit.framework.TestCase

countTestCases, createResult, getName, run, run, runBare, setName, toString

Methods inherited from class junit.framework.Assert

assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertEquals, assertFalse, assertFalse, assertNotNull, assertNotNull, assertNotSame, assertNotSame, assertNull, assertNull, assertSame, assertSame, assertTrue, assertTrue, fail, fail, failNotEquals, failNotSame, failSame, format

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_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 Detail

TestWithCustomTest

TestWithCustomTest(java.lang.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

TestWithCustomTest(java.lang.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 Detail

setUp

protected void setUp()
              throws java.lang.Exception

Provides setup for our delegated test case, depending on the type of test case we are delegating for.

Overrides:

setUp in class junit.framework.TestCase

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if anything goes wrong during setup

tearDown

protected void tearDown()
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Provides tear down for our delegated test case, depending on the type of test case we are delegating for.

Overrides:

tearDown in class junit.framework.TestCase

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if anything goes wrong during teardown

runTest

public void runTest()

Runs our test case using our delegate object where necessary.

Overrides:

runTest in class junit.framework.TestCase

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - when anything goes wrong (this is temporary)

getTestObject

protected java.lang.Object getTestObject(java.lang.String testClassName)
                                  throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                         java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                                         java.lang.InstantiationException

Gets an instance of our test object, as configured.

Parameters:

testClassName - name of the test class

Returns:

an instance of our test object

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - when the test object's class cannot be found

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - when the test object's constructor is private or protected

java.lang.InstantiationException - when the test object is abstract or an interface