Re: JUnit + System.exit(-1): Looking for alternatives

From:
Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lrn@hotpop.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:16:54 +0200
Message-ID:
<63u7nh3d.fsf@hotpop.com>
Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lrn@hotpop.com> writes:

Try modifying the TestCase to run with a security manager that
prevents calling System.exit, then catch the SecurityException.

Something like (untested!):


And now that it has been tested, it turns out to fail in several ways.

This one seems to work, though:

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public class NoExitTestCase extends TestCase {
    
    protected static class ExitException extends SecurityException {
        public final int status;
        public ExitException(int status) {
            super("There is no escape!");
            this.status = status;
        }
    }
    
    private static class NoExitSecurityManager extends SecurityManager {
        @Override
        public void checkPermission(Permission perm) {
            // allow anything.
        }
        @Override
        public void checkPermission(Permission perm, Object context) {
            // allow anything.
        }
        @Override
        public void checkExit(int status) {
            super.checkExit(status);
            throw new ExitException(status);
        }
    }
    
    @Override
    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
        super.setUp();
        System.setSecurityManager(new NoExitSecurityManager());
    }
    
    @Override
    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
        System.setSecurityManager(null); // or save and restore original
        super.tearDown();
    }

    public void testNoExit() throws Exception {
        System.out.println("Printing works");
    }
    
    public void testExit() throws Exception {
        try {
            System.exit(42);
        } catch (ExitException e) {
            assertEquals("Exit status", 42, e.status);
        }
    }
}
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I'm sure it can be done prettier, but it gives the general idea.

/L
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