And I'm a firm advocate of #2. Joey makes a good point about the foibles of premature deprecation (albeit not as drastic as his case) and Eric made an extremely cromulent point about the benefits of mock that aren't available elsewhere currently.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Keith Turner <ke...@deenlo.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Josh Elser <josh.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'll put the question out there: > > > > Is it an immediate non-starter to deprecate something that doesn't have > an > > immediate replacement? > > > > 1. You can still use it even if it's deprecated (and our usage of > > deprecated typically falls under "we won't remove it before version X if > > not later") > > 2. We know there are problems with it. > > 3. We know we should be making other tools that better replace it (MAC) > or > > just give you a specific piece of functionality (iterator smoke-test > > framework). > > > > Is this just my interpretation of how to interpret @Deprecated? It seems > > completely logical to deprecate something we know isn't where we want to > go > > even if we aren't to where we want to go. Then, we start focusing on > > making/improving the tools we want. This advertises to users that maybe > > they might not want to rely on MockAccumulo. > > > I agree. I am thinking that if we do not maintain it, then its > deprecated whether we declare it or not. We at least 3 options : > > 1. Deprecate mock > 2. Maintain mock (add new Accumulo features and actively fix bugs) > 3. Leave it as is > > I think we should choose 1 or 2, but not choose 3. > > > > > > > On 11/18/13, 2:51 PM, Eric Newton wrote: > > > >> I had this basic interaction with a user today: > >> > >> "I upgraded my old-style Filter to the Filter-as-iterator-Filter, how > do I > >> test it?" > >> > >> And the easiest thing to tell them was "use MockAccumulo". Without a > >> better answer, I'm not for deprecating Mock. > >> > >> I agree that there is considerable effort in trying to keep Mock > >> up-to-date, to the extent that I've not bothered to fix many of the > >> failings of Mock. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> > >> Eric, > >>> > >>> Is there a reason these cannot be done in Mockito or EasyMock? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Christopher L Tubbs II > >>> http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Eric Newton <eric.new...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> -1 > >>>> > >>>> I'm a little more invested in Mock since I wrote the first instance of > >>>> > >>> it. > >>> > >>>> I know it does not simulate the accumulo API perfectly. And I know > it > >>>> adds some maintenance overhead for anyone adding new features to the > >>>> API. > >>>> > >>>> However, adding additional testing requirements for a new API is > >>>> > >>> something > >>> > >>>> I like. > >>>> > >>>> Take a counter example: the "file://" hdfs implementation. It allows > >>>> you > >>>> to use the local file system through the same API you would use for > the > >>>> distributed file system. > >>>> > >>>> Except, it doesn't. It does not behave the same as hdfs. None of our > >>>> recovery tests can use the local fs implementation because it just > >>>> > >>> doesn't > >>> > >>>> implement the proper flush semantics. > >>>> > >>>> Yet dozens of our own tests rely on the speedy availability of the > local > >>>> > >>> fs > >>> > >>>> implementation. > >>>> > >>>> Having a fast way to test iterators that uses a test harness is not > the > >>>> same thing as testing the iterators using the same API they would use > >>>> without Mock. I have long called for an iterator test harness to > stress > >>>> the issues of iterator lifetimes. > >>>> > >>>> Finally, I would humbly suggest that our software has stabilized to > the > >>>> point where we tests at all levels: > >>>> > >>>> * iterator stress tester > >>>> * Mock API > >>>> * Integration test using MAC > >>>> * System tests that can be run at full scale > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Corey Nolet <cjno...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> +1 for keeping a fast and easy (and well documented) mechanism for > >>>>> debugging iterators. Perhaps the SortedMapiterator is the > solution..but > >>>>> > >>>> the > >>> > >>>> key words here are 'well documented' > >>>>> > >>>>> -1 for continuing support a half implemented mock framework that we > >>>>> > >>>> have to > >>> > >>>> maintain. It makes code maintenance very hard when you couldnt, for > >>>>> instance in the 1.3 series, even create a MockBatchDeleter. As Chris > >>>>> stated, I agree that using the mock in the past had users walking the > >>>>> > >>>> line > >>> > >>>> too closely between unit and integration tests. With the mock, I could > >>>>> write a bunch of fully valid tests against an iterator without the > >>>>> > >>>> ability > >>> > >>>> to verify that compactions didn't negatively affect my results. Except > >>>>> > >>>> for > >>> > >>>> being fast, the MAC mostly eliminates the need to use the mock for > that > >>>>> kind of test at all while it makes the tests more valid to an actual > >>>>> runtime environment. > >>>>> > >>>>> +1 for mocking framework to be used in relevant unit tests. There are > >>>>> > >>>> times > >>> > >>>> when a quick and dirty mock is immensely useful and MAC is slow and > way > >>>>> overkill for those tasks. Perhaps it would be worth a ticket to > >>>>> > >>>> investigate > >>> > >>>> replacing the current usages of mockAccumulo (I haven't looked in > >>>>> > >>>> awhile) > >>> > >>>> with said mocking framework. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Nov 15, 2013 3:29 PM, "Michael Berman" <mber...@sqrrl.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> +1 (not really a voter) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I think iterator unit tests should use SortedMapIterator, not > anything > >>>>>> > >>>>> like > >>>>> > >>>>>> a full accumulo stack, and I think MAC is far more suitable for > >>>>>> > >>>>> integration > >>>>> > >>>>>> tests because it actually runs the same code...it's impossible for > an > >>>>>> outsider to tell in which behaviors mock reflects actual accumulo > and > >>>>>> > >>>>> in > >>> > >>>> which it does something totally different. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I do think MAC needs some help, but I think the process of excising > >>>>>> > >>>>> mock > >>> > >>>> from our own tests will flesh out what we need there better than > >>>>>> > >>>>> anything > >>> > >>>> else we could do. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:20 PM, <dlmar...@comcast.net> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> +1 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> *From:* Keith Turner [mailto:ke...@deenlo.com] > >>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, November 14, 2013 3:42 PM > >>>>>>> *To:* dev@accumulo.apache.org; u...@accumulo.apache.org > >>>>>>> *Subject:* [VOTE] Deprecate mock in 1.6.0 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Should we deprecate mock accumulo for 1.6.0? This was considered > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> [1] > >>> > >>>> for > >>>>> > >>>>>> 1.5.0. I started thinking about this because I never added > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> conditional > >>> > >>>> writer to mock. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> [1] : https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-878 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >> >
