Re: JUnit Testing

From:
"Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com>
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Date:
Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:15:14 GMT
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Oliver Wong wrote:

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The way I understand it is the JUnit test module never actually gets
called. The compiler just simply sees it and runs it. I can get it
to work but I can't figure out a way to pass parameters to it. If it
never gets called how does one pass parameters to it? I tried using
reflection but reflection needs the parameters as well. Otherwise you
are just opening a new object instead of the original.


    It's not clear to me what you are trying to achieve. What is a "test
module" in this case? The actual test code written in Java? Are you using
JUnit 3 or 4 (they changed the way everything works between these two
versions). What does it mean to "call" the "test module"? Are you
referring
to how each test will get executed?


I'm using JUnit3.8.1.
By test module I mean the test class with all the tests in it that
extends from TestCase.
This class is not called by main(). With this class I can test my
methods. I can access data that is filed in memory. My problem is I
can't access data that is not filed in memory. The data I'm trying to
test is generated by a thread which is constantly running and cannot be
filed in memory. I'd like to pass the parameter of the thread to the
constructor of the test class but the test class never actually gets
opened as a new class. There must be some other way.


    Usually when you start the JUnit tests, they'll start in their own
thread, in their own JVM, so they won't see any running instances of your
program. It's as if the tests were running on your static code, not your
live program. Whatever data you need for your tests, you must provide within
the JUnit code itself.

    - Oliver

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