Re: [SWTBot-users] Automate creating test data

[Somesh S. <som...@gm...>]

Ah ok. I've heard of FIT.never explored it though. That might help.



On Oct 27, 2008, at 8:38 AM, Hans Schwaebli <han...@ya...>  
wrote:

> I meant it to persist the data for integration tests. It is not  
> meant for module or unit tests.
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 10/27/08, Somesh Sasalatti <som...@gm...>  
> wrote:
> From: Somesh Sasalatti <som...@gm...>
> Subject: Re: [SWTBot-users] Automate creating test data
> To: "SWTBot" <swt...@li...>
> Cc: "SWTBot" <swt...@li...>
> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 11:27 AM
>
> You could use the concept of theories in junit 4 to crate multiple  
> datasets for 1 test. But you would still need to create the dataset.
>
> Jmock is another way of creating mock objects that you can pass  
> around.
>
> HTH.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 27, 2008, at 3:36 AM, Hans Schwaebli  
> <han...@ya...> wrote:
>
>> For performing tests (manual or automated) one needs test data. How  
>> can creation of test data be automated?
>>
>> I think it is possible to automate this by analysing the model with  
>> its validation rules. This would save a lot of time.
>>
>> A little example: A business object Article which contains an  
>> attribute "name" and the rule that the name must not be longer than  
>> 40 characters. The automation could then create a Article with a  
>> name containing 39 characters, one which contains an empty String  
>> and one where name is NULL.
>>
>> Does someone know any tool for this, ideally free and open source?
>>
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