Re: Setting up a classpath only for junit test.
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, michau wrote:
I'm testing a method which uses the following statement:
myObject.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("resource-
name1").
I have set a classpath element entry (in .classpath file for my
project), that specifies the location of this resource so that the
resource is found correctly. However for the purpose of testing I'm
using a different name of the resource (resource-name2) and I want to
place that resource in one of my folders allocated only for testing.
I know I could add another classpath entry to my .classpath file, that
would specify the location of resource-name2, but that would make it
visible to the whole project, whereas I would want that setting to be
only within "the scope" of junit tests. So do people know if it's
possible to somehow specify a classpath entry in my junit tests, or in
some junit properties?
You could put the tests in a different project. One project for the real
code, another for the tests and associated resources. Other projects
reference the real code project, not the test one. We do this quite a bit
where i work, and it's nice because it keeps things separated, and so
simplifies packaging up a project for release, gives you somewhere you can
dump test-related bits and bobs without feeling guilty, etc. It does mean
having two projects rather than one, though, and is a bit of a faff to set
up if you already have a single project working nicely.
tom
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