Re: [Cppunit-devel] standard way to handle test data

[Baptiste L. <gai...@fr...>]

standard way to handle test dataI gave a quick look at this. TestDriver =
is our TestRunner and TestContext is our TestResult. Though, the main =
difference is that the TestResult is passed to the test method. I don't =
believe this to be really necessary. I could understand passing it to =
setUp() and tearDown() but to pass to the test method reduce the =
decoupling of the test with the outside world (at least to me).

On another note, I also gave a quick look over JTestCase. I once =
implemented some functional tests based on some Excel sheet. Though, =
instead of reading the data in a test case, I read the data in a =
subclassed test suite which populated itself by creating a test case for =
each set of data. Though, JTestCase seems to go a bit farther than =
this...

Baptiste.
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Moran Ben-David=20
  To: 'Baptiste Lepilleur' ; cpp...@li...=20
  Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 9:03 PM
  Subject: RE: [Cppunit-devel] standard way to handle test data


  TestContext to me would be a class that would be passed to Tests each =
time they are run.  The Test receiving the context would use it to =
extract data necessary for it's test.
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  In my search for separating the data (e.g. primary keys of rows being =
pulled from the database, etc.) from my Test Fixture code.. I came =
accross this:
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  http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TestDriver
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  This page mentions the TestContext class for encapsulating the data =
required by a test.. I'm not 100% clear on how I'd like to data-drive my =
TestFixtures however, I know I need to as currently I'm hardcoding the, =
for example, database primary keys I'm trying to pull from the db to =
test my querying code.
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  Forgive my ignorance.. but are you on the cppunit development team?
  Moran
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Baptiste Lepilleur [mailto:gai...@fr...]
    Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:32 PM
    To: Moran Ben-David; cpp...@li...
    Subject: Re: [Cppunit-devel] standard way to handle test data


    Could you explain shortly what is that TextContext class ?=20

    Recently, I was thinking about passing the TestResult to the setUp() =
and tearDown() methods. I can be done without too much trouble, but I =
still haven't come up with some really good reason (might change =
though).

    Baptiste.
      ----- Original Message -----=20
      From: Moran Ben-David=20
      To: 'cpp...@li...'=20
      Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 4:07 AM
      Subject: [Cppunit-devel] standard way to handle test data


      Hi.=20

      I'm looking for a standard way for making my TestFixtures data =
driven.  I've read some suggestions about a TextContext class and seen =
JTestCase (http://jtestcase.sourceforge.net/).. Rather than write my own =
implemention of one or more of these concepts for CppUnit, I'd rather =
use a popular implemention.  Is there one?

      Thanks,=20
      Moran=20

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