Re: [SWTBot-users] clover integration with swtbot test case launcher

[Ketan P. <ket...@gm...>]

On 05-Jun-08, at 11:58 PM, Somesh Sasalatti wrote:

> In the meanwhile, is it not possible to run a test in junit plugin  
> test-headless mode and launch a workbench( ui thread) instead of  
> creating a custom swtbot launch config.


A JUnit launch is far different from a simple java launch, where  
eclipse adds itself as a listener so that you can see updates in the  
junit view, throw PDE into this mix and things get complex really quick.

You *could* possibly look at the JVM arguments of a JUnit plugin  
launch and try to perform a java launch with the same/similar  
arguments. You'll however not get notifications of test execution in  
the JUnit view, and may need to figure out alternative reporting  
mechanisms.

I'd personally recommend running a command line build where you can do  
all the fancy instrumentation that you ever wanted to and get all the  
reports after a test run.

On another note, I'm not sure if code coverage by executing functional  
tests is a good idea. Functional test coverage should be the number of  
scenarios that you've got automation for against the number of  
scenarios that have been developed.

Cheers,
Ketan Padegaonkar,
I blog... therefore I am... http://ketan.padegaonkar.name
http://swtbot.org/ - a functional testing tool for SWT/Eclipse