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Re: [ddsteps-user] DDSteps dependencies available via a maven repo?

[Josh H. <jho...@be...>]

Adam Skogman wrote:
> I'm not that Maven savvy - can Maven work with more than one repo?
Yes.  You can tell it to work with any number of repos.
> If so, that would make sense to have a DDSteps repo. Or get DDSteps 
> into the real ibiblio repo...
>
Getting all of the dependencies into ibiblio would be ideal.  Many of 
these are already there, but some (including DDSteps itself) are not.  
Of the three repos that I use, one is ibiblio, and another is an ibiblio 
mirror :)
> Do you have anything set up? If so, are you willing to help us out or 
> donate the repo you have set up? I would be greatly appreciated :-)
We have an internal repo at UC Berkeley, but it's not public so it won't 
help much.
> Also, please, can I ask you to go to our JIRA (jira.ddsteps.org) and 
> put in a request for this, so we don't loose the idea?
Will do.  Thanks!
Josh

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Re: [ddsteps-user] DDSteps dependencies available via a maven repo?

[Adam S. <ada...@ja...>]

Josh Holtzman wrote:
> I'd like to experiment with DDSteps to handle my data-driven tests
Nice to hear that!
> Would it make sense to provide a maven repo at 
> http://www.ddsteps.org/maven that contains all of these dependencies?
I'm not that Maven savvy - can Maven work with more than one repo? If 
so, that would make sense to have a DDSteps repo. Or get DDSteps into 
the real ibiblio repo...

Do you have anything set up? If so, are you willing to help us out or 
donate the repo you have set up? I would be greatly appreciated :-)

Also, please, can I ask you to go to our JIRA (jira.ddsteps.org) and put 
in a request for this, so we don't loose the idea?
> Boy, transitive dependencies are looking really nice right about now :)
That's why we left Maven 1.0 for Ivy and Ant, same as Spring Framework 
uses... :-) Maven 2 looks promising, but still I like Ant+Ivy since I 
can modify the script any way I like :-)

Keep the questions coming!

/Adam, DDSteps lead

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[ddsteps-user] DDSteps dependencies available via a maven repo?

[Josh H. <jho...@be...>]

I'd like to experiment with DDSteps to handle my data-driven tests, but 
my junit tests run in a Maven 1.0 environment.  I therefore need to either:

a) add all of DDSteps' dependencies to my local maven repo.  Some are 
already there (spring, hibernate, log4j, etc), but some are not (jxl, 
rowset, etc).
b) find a maven repo that contains all of the dependencies

Would it make sense to provide a maven repo at 
http://www.ddsteps.org/maven that contains all of these dependencies?

Boy, transitive dependencies are looking really nice right about now :)

Thanks,
Josh

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Josh Holtzman
Educational Technology Services, UC Berkeley
jho...@be...
510.643.7380

[ddsteps-user] JavaOne BOF info!

[Adam S. <ada...@ja...>]

Hi Everybody!

We have got a date and time for the DDSteps BOF at JavaOne!

We're BOF-0455 and it will be on Tueday at 9.30 PM. Remember to sign up at the JavaOne site :-)

See you there!
/Adam

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Re: [ddsteps-user] Arrays or Collections as Input from Excel

[Adam S. <ada...@ja...>]

Sebastian Simon wrote:
> For example i have a Test with a property
>
> private int[] myIntArray;
>
> and i want to test the contents of the array within the testmethod.
Hi Sebastian!

I've looked at the problem again, and I've found a solution!

You do have to write your own property editor. Just look at the 
StringArrayPropertyEditor in Spring and copy-paste or hack it yourself - 
it should be pretty easy. I suggest just cutting up the int using comma 
or space.

Then you have to register that property editor with the JavaBean Manager:

java.beans.PropertyEditorManager#registerEditor(int[].class, 
oneSebastiansIntArrayEditor);

You could do that in setUpMethod() in your test case. Just call the same 
method with null to unregister.

If you are willing to donate the code for your int array editor, I'll be 
happy to include it in the next version of DDSteps. Just file an 
enhancement request at: jira.ddsteps.org or send me an email!

Regards
/Adam Skogman

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Re: [ddsteps-user] Custom PropertyEditors on tested objects

[Adam S. <ada...@ja...>]

Tor-Erik N=F8rstrud Larsen wrote:
> On the user class the setter takes a set of roles. In excel the roles a=
re the role names in a commaseparated list. What I want to do is to confi=
gure a Spring based CustomPropertyEditor onto my user so that the commase=
parated string of role names, get parsed, and queried, the return a hashs=
et of roles (that will be set onto the user). This will make the tests mu=
ch cleaner and easier to make. I have read some documentation, but nothin=
g gives me a hint how to do it.
>  =20
Just let me check if I have understood you correctly - you want a custom=20
property editor that can convert from a comma separated string to a=20
hash-set of Role objects, and that should be injected using an property=20
expression (excel header) like "user1.roles"?

The way to do this is to write the PropertyEditor you want, and then=20
register it with the JavaBeans standard registry (global):

**java.beans.PropertyEditorManager#**registerEditor(...)

If you use Java 1.5, you can even make it target only HashSet<Role> or=20
if you use Java 1.4 you will have to settle for HashSet.

The best place to put this would be in setupMethod() - a callback in=20
your DDSteps testcase. Then make sure you un-set it in tearDownMethod(),=20
by calling registerEditor(HashSet.class, null). That way it's only used=20
when necessary.

In Spring you can add PropertyEditors to the context xml file, but since=20
DDSteps can be used without Spring, we haven't added that feature yet.=20
I'd be very happy if you filed an enhancement request in our bug tracker=20
(so so that it doesn't look like I file all of them myself ;-)! Go to=20
jira.ddsteps.org, create an account if you don't already have one, and=20
fill in a request.

Please, let me know if this solved your problem and how it worked out!

Regards
/Adam Skogman, DDSteps lead

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Jayway AB

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Office: +46 40 12 72 83
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[ddsteps-user] Custom PropertyEditors on tested objects

[<tor...@bo...>]

I am writing tests for loading and validation of domain data. I have two =
classes User and Role.
I first load the Roles from Excel, then I load the Users. On the user =
class the setter takes a set of roles. In excel the roles are the role =
names in a commaseparated list. What I want to do is to configure a =
Spring based CustomPropertyEditor onto my user so that the =
commaseparated string of role names, get parsed, and queried, the return =
a hashset of roles (that will be set onto the user). This will make the =
tests much cleaner and easier to make. I have read some documentation, =
but nothing gives me a hint how to do it.


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Re: [ddsteps-user] Arrays or Collections as Input from Excel

[Adam S. <ada...@ja...>]

Hi Sebastian!

Sebastian Simon wrote:
> Is there any way i could use input from an excel for an array or 
> Collection Property of my Junit Test?
> For example i have a Test with a property
>
> private int[] myIntArray;
>
> and i want to test the contents of the array within the testmethod.
> How could i fill this form excel? Is there any way?

Good question! The short answer is: right now, no, not directly to 
int[]. Please file an enhancement request in our bugtracker: 
http://jira.ddsteps.org and we will get on it!

We use Spring and it Property Editors to do conversions from a String 
(the data in the Excel cell) to your target property. Sadly, there is no 
property editor for int[] in the Spring Framework - but there is one for 
String[].

Using Spring, you can easily add new property editors in your Spring 
context file, thereby supporting new conversions. I've been thinking 
about adding such capabilities to DDSteps too, so that you could have 
written your own converter.

I see two possible work-arounds:
1) Use the String[] and convert strings to int:s in your code. Just 
comma separate the ints, and they will be chopped up into a string array.
2) Inject int:s one-by-one using one int per column:  myArray[0]  | 
myArray[1] and so on

If you go for 2) then you should have a setter like this: setMyArray(int 
index, int value) that will resize the array to fit the data.

I hope I was of some help to you?

Regards
/Adam Skogman, DDSteps Lead
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Jayway AB, www.jayway.se

[ddsteps-user] Arrays or Collections as Input from Excel

[Sebastian S. <aaa...@ya...>]

Hello!
  I just studied the example of using an excel sheet as input for junit tests, looks excellent!
  Is there any way i could use input from an excel for an array or Collection Property of my Junit Test?
  For example i have a Test with a property
  
  private int[] myIntArray;
  
  and i want to test the contents of the array within the testmethod.
  How could i fill this form excel? Is there any way?
  Greetz
         Sebastian
  
		
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[ddsteps-user] newbie+opening browser

[Sreedhar K. <sre...@gm...>]

Hi i am a newbie to ddsteps .I want to open a browser and navigate to
a URL .How do i do that .Is there any sample code that i can start
with

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Re: [ddsteps-user] Documentation; Injection of Objects

[Adam S. <ada...@ja...>]

Hi Markus!

>When is the release of the additional documentions?

No date set yet - rather, I think the documentation will appear on our web when parts of it is done, and will be upgraded during this spring.

Currently, we're deep in refactoring, but when things quiet down, we'll be able to describe how it works. Hope you're not too disappointed. Keep asking questions on the list, and we'll try to answer them for you.

Also, have a look at http://confluence.ddsteps.org/display/www/Data+Driven and see if that answers any questions.

>I want to Marshall an POJO wiht Testdata from Excel and verify the input 
>in the DB so i thought DDSteps would be a good choice!

I think so too :-)

>So how works the properties injection with objects for example :
>
>PartnerInterest p = new PartnerInterest();
>Interest i = new Interest();
>i.setInterest("any");

If you do data injection "directly" from excel, you do like this:

1) In your setUpBeforeData() - a DDSteps special callback - you create the beans that you want injected with data. DDSteps cannot build an object graph for you. Then "expose" that bean like this. I'll do an example with a partner.

(In your TestCase)

private Partner partner;

public Partner getParter() {retrun partner};

protected void setUpBeforeData() {

  partner = new Parter();
  partner.getInterests().add(new PartnerInterest()); // 0
  partner.getInterests().add(new PartnerInterest()); // 1

}

(In your excel file)
A | B
partner.interests[0].interest  | partner.interests[1].interest
Any   |   Other Interest

And so on...

>How can i work with this considering the excel files!
>If its not possible what would be the workaround. How can i customize 
>that or must be everything illustratable in Excel?

If you have much more elaborate data strcutures, you may actually wan to read in and unmarshall an XML document instead. We're thinking of adding a good xstream support (you're welcome to help) to do this. But so far, you would then use DDSteps to just run the test many times:

(In your testcase)

 private InputStream xmlFile;

 public void setXmlFile(InputStream file) {...}

 public void testSomething() {

     MyObjectGrapt obj = xstream.fromXml(xmlFile, obj);

    ...
}

(In Excel)

xmlFile | someOtherTestProperty
path/to/file1.xml | ...
path/to/file2.xml | ...

So it now runs through all you XML files - you probably have many different combinations of test data apart from the beans loaded from XML.

Hope this helps!

Regards
/Adam Skogman, DDSteps project lead

[ddsteps-user] Documentation; Injection of Objects

[Markus J. <ma...@je...>]

Hello DDSteps-Team!

When is the release of the additional documentions?

I have a data model in xsd which generates me with JAXB the necessary 
interfaces and classes!
I want to Marshall an POJO wiht Testdata from Excel and verify the input 
in the DB so i thought DDSteps would be a good choice!

So how works the properties injection with objects for example :

PartnerInterest p = new PartnerInterest();
Interest i = new Interest();
i.setInterest("any");

----> p.setInterest(i);

So how works that with the Excel File!

Additonally i use to create the final partner

Partner pa = new Partner();
pa.getInterest.add(i);

How can i work with this considering the excel files!
If its not possible what would be the workaround. How can i customize 
that or must be everything illustratable in Excel?

Many Thanks

mj

[ddsteps-user] DDSteps status

[Ulrik S. <ulr...@ja...>]

Hi everybody,

I just want to assure you all that the DDSteps project is alive and 
kicking. We are currently working on some improvements in data and 
fixture loading. The focus there is to improve the abstraction of a data 
set and to provide easier access to common usage scenarios. We also plan 
to add support for LDAP data and fixture loading in a not so distant future.

We have specified that this mailing list is our preferred way of 
communication. The reason is that all of us can easily track emails, 
while we don't always have the possibility to check a SourceForge 
Tracker list or whatever other alternatives there are.

Cheers,

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