Thinking along the lines of acceptance/customer tests... If what you're really wanting to test is that the generated xml matches some golden xml file, ala diff of two xml files, xmlunit is the best I've found.
I've also just read the xml into domain objects and checked those and actually used jrcs to diff two streams/readers in a generic way as alternatives. >>>>> On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:28:58 -0500, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Howdy, I know that XmlUnit exists but does anyone have any > recommendations for xml unit testing tools? A lot of the plugins > generate xml and I want to improve the testing across the plugins so > I figure with a good xml unit testing tool I can probably make a > start at plugin tests for many of the plugins missing tests. > ./ant/src/plugin-test ./aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test > ./changes/src/plugin-test ./checkstyle/src/plugin-test > ./clean/clean/src/plugin-test ./clean/src/plugin-test > ./clover/src/plugin-test ./dashboard/src/plugin-test > ./deploy/src/plugin-test ./dist/src/plugin-test > ./ear/src/plugin-test ./faq/src/plugin-test ./gump/src/plugin-test > ./html2xdoc/src/plugin-test ./java/src/plugin-test > ./plugin/src/plugin-test ./war/src/plugin-test > ./xdoc/src/plugin-test > That's all we have which I will take a stab at improving tomorrow. I > hope to make a shell of a little tool, a harness of sorts, for > testing plugins independently across various versions of maven. > -- jvz. > Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org > In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and > technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. > -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ===================================================================== Jeffrey D. Brekke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wisconsin, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
