Re: Features of the JUnit test execution harness

[Rick Hillegas]

Kristian Waagan wrote:


2) Should we support setting up a shared test fixture for a set of 
tests?

This is a common issue with JUnit, and there are mechanisms to handle 
it. For instance, we could let tests that require this to wrap itself 
in a TestSetup instance (as described in the JUNit FAQ). Letting 
DerbyJUnitTest extend TestSetup is another solution, but it might 
have unwanted side-effects.

Hi Kristian,

I'm afraid I don't understand the issues here. I suspect your JUnit 
experience is much deeper than mine. What is the advantage to having 
DerbyJUnitTest extend TestSetup vs TestCase? It's hard to tell from the 
FAQ. TestCase provides setup() and teardown() brackets like TestSetup. 
In addition, TestCase provides the assertion machinery. What unwanted 
side-effects do you have in mind?

Thanks,
-Rick